“If you’re disinclined to trust institutions, who cares what election officials are saying, because they’re corrupt, they’re in bed with Biden and the fake news media. The impulse to throw facts at these problems is really strong, and it’s understandable. But simply saying what the facts are is not going to convince minds that aren’t already open.”
—Whitney Phillips, communications professor, Syracuse University, in Lois Beckett, reporter, “Facts won’t fix this: experts on how to fight America’s disinformation crisis,” The Guardian, Jan. 1, 2021. Image: The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562), Pieter Bruegel the Elder
• Editorial Comment: Closed minds are impermeable.
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