Myriad Republicans are pushing mind-boggling misinformation about the attack on Paul Pelosi says New York Times

[Muse]

New York Times lead article at the moment talks about the widespread disinformation being propagated by the Republicans. It's very wide ranging. Many have made up stories to serve their own selfish interests. This article is REALLY GOOD. This link should work for 14 days, i.e. until Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022:

How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack (Published 2022)

Within hours of the brutal attack last week on Paul Pelosi, Republican officials and media figures began circulating groundless claims — nearly all of them sinister, and many homophobic — about what had happened.

www.nytimes.com

You already posted this in the Pelosi attack thread https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/time-to-corral-the-magats.2608036/page-12#post-40882919

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[Jaskalas]

We deeply overestimated ourselves when we thought the internet would be used for knowledge.
There was no understanding for how fundamentally ingrained we are to seek misinformation.
It has shattered us as a people.