What media outlets do you trust? From the Brexit referendum and the US presidential race to Russia’s information war on Ukraine, it is becoming increasingly clear that we now live in a fact-free world where emotions reign supreme and truth is in the eye of the beholder.This trend first became apparent around the time of the 2003 Iraq war. The mainstream media was directly complicit in some of the misinformation issued during the lead-up to the US-led invasion, shattering public trust in many of the most respected providers of information. Meanwhile, the conspiracy theory subculture promoted by the internet has …read more
Source: Atlantic Council