Jennifer Horgan: Disinformation thrives online, do we have the cop on to thwart it?
Many people now disregard researched local, regional, and national information over social media posts and clickbait.
I’m not afraid of bad people, there are few enough of them. I’m afraid of bad information — what decent people can become when they consume it.
As much as the ‘fake news’ bandits try to steal or hide the truth, it is indeed ‘out there.’ It has just become harder to find.
