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As @zephoria started saying all the way back in 2018, #WeaponizedMediaLiteracy leads to #conspiratorialism:
https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2018/03/09/you-think-you-want-media-literacy-do-you.html
Remember, the biggest peddlers of "fake news" are also the most prolific users of the term. For a lot of these information warriors, the point isn't to get you to believe *them* - they'll settle for you believing *nothing*. #FloodTheZoneWithBullshit is #SteveBannon's go-to tactic, and it's one that his acolytes have picked up and multiplied.
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