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For some people is bendable<\/a>. Sadly they will pay the price for their ignorance.<\/p>\n

Seeding confusion is one tool deliberately being used to keep peoples away from certain facts.<\/p>\n

Another one is ‘astroturf trolling’ – as in the comments for this article.<\/p>\n

For me the forces and practices of Fox News & Co are just 1 level up from spammers & scammers.<\/p>\n

So far society and people just endure those issues. Hope that changes.<\/p>\n

It changed for other ailments like slavery or witch hunts before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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