We also really need to grapple with the "free speech" problem. Intentionally spreading misinformation and disinformation is antithetical to a healthy and just society. That only one side of this is actually bound by reality is a real problem
Into a reality show. So we need to give them a show, and put MAGA in its place. I want to see the left on our screens, on podcasts, YouTube, everywhere you turn creating drama and even calling out MAGA when nothings really going on. Just call them out and how terrible they are. Flood the news.
But then you have the problem of deciding who the arbiters of reality are, and that's a very hard problem to solve. We've already seen how anti-libel laws can be abused
But I do put a lot of blame for our situation on free speech in this country being too free.
Maybe we require journalists to tag every statement with [opinion/speculation], [confidential source/unconfirmed veracity], and [confirmed fact] and all the confirmed facts require primary source citation?
I think this might be a decent compromise. And also if you say something is [confirmed fact] and it's later disproven then there are monetary and possibly criminal penalties
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But I do put a lot of blame for our situation on free speech in this country being too free.
Also, algorithmic feeds where you are shown content you did not specifically request to see should be treated as being a publisher.