How does one fight misinformation and disinformation?
It’s not an easy task. The people who fall for it seem to be shielded from reality by layers upon layers of even more falsehoods.
Smart, if terrible, people are actively using mistruths to gain money and power. The purveyors of those falsehoods devalue the truth by twisting language, reverse accusations, and equivocating minor transgressions with deep evils.
For my part, I—simply—cannot be a news blog, keeping up with the day to day flood of distraction-filled gibberish which seems to the be the tactic-du-jour of the right.
I just can’t leap at every shadow, parry with every lie, and jab at every distraction.
So, I have been trying to think of how to start this site with a purpose of rallying against the dark rise of fascism in the west. Truthfully, I have been struggling with my role, my voice.
But alas, I think I have landed on the idea of starting small by calling out mistruths and misinformation, trying to shine a lantern on disinformation. I may not have all the facts at the tip of my tongue ready to argue convincingly against fake realities, but I think I might have the tools to help others clarify their own evaluations and make their own judgements.