The problem with your column is education (and faith). It outlines the facts but too many people aren't interested. Trump says DOE fails and that's what people believe, though demonstrably false. DOGE is not finding fraud or saving money, but the administration says it is, so, on faith alone, it is. These people can't be reached. I can, but I'm obviously willing to read this. The people one needs to reach are unreachable, except via large social media acts and apps. How to get people to pay attention even to factual social media, even for one's own benefit, is not something that we've yet figured out how to accomplish.
Reaching Trump voters, particularly ones that voted for him three times, shouldn't be the primary goal. Reaching the 90 million eligible voters who didn't vote should be.
One article won't stop all the disinformation, but many people repeating the truth will. A hopeful data point is the ongoing Gallup survey asking Americans if they think crime got better or worse over the past year.
For a long time, three-quarters of Americans have said it was getting worse when crime had been dropping. Last year, that sentiment dropped to 64% because Democrats dropped from 60% thinking it was getting worse to 29%. Being an election year, Democrats put a lot of effort into repeating the fact that crime had dropped significantly while they were in power, and people listened.
Repeating the truth matters, even if it feels like overcoming the lies is insurmountable.
The problem with your column is education (and faith). It outlines the facts but too many people aren't interested. Trump says DOE fails and that's what people believe, though demonstrably false. DOGE is not finding fraud or saving money, but the administration says it is, so, on faith alone, it is. These people can't be reached. I can, but I'm obviously willing to read this. The people one needs to reach are unreachable, except via large social media acts and apps. How to get people to pay attention even to factual social media, even for one's own benefit, is not something that we've yet figured out how to accomplish.
Reaching Trump voters, particularly ones that voted for him three times, shouldn't be the primary goal. Reaching the 90 million eligible voters who didn't vote should be.
One article won't stop all the disinformation, but many people repeating the truth will. A hopeful data point is the ongoing Gallup survey asking Americans if they think crime got better or worse over the past year.
For a long time, three-quarters of Americans have said it was getting worse when crime had been dropping. Last year, that sentiment dropped to 64% because Democrats dropped from 60% thinking it was getting worse to 29%. Being an election year, Democrats put a lot of effort into repeating the fact that crime had dropped significantly while they were in power, and people listened.
Repeating the truth matters, even if it feels like overcoming the lies is insurmountable.