Fact-checking is
meaningless if
People have no
respect for facts.
Just watch social
media and you
Will see how the
public reacts
To natural disasters
or shootings.
Conspiracy theories
quickly abound
And suddenly the
Internet is
An information battleground.
Knowing the truth no
longer gives us
A feeling of calm or
a sense of relief,
Since few people
have an incentive
For altering a false
belief.
Experts say our
psychological
Weaknesses are
targets for those
Who spread
misinformation for
Ideological ends.
These pros
Know how to use the
media well.
Their credibility's
merely a ruse.
And suddenly the
falsehoods are
Amplified all over
the news.
Hacks and kooks and
fringe group crazies
Have been around
forever; it's true.
If there's a chance
to spread their lies,
They do not miss a
cue.
Fringe groups going
mainstream. Yikes!
That's a recipe for
disaster,
Especially when a
gullible public
Eats up the nonsense
faster and faster.
Orwell's 1984
For many years made
us wary.
The year twenty
seventeen
Is also looking
damned scary.
(9-3-17) By Bob B
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