Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets his first national town hall with NewsNation, as the media grapples with another conspiratorial candidate. “There’s a difference between giving him a town hall and just covering his candidacy,” one network executive says.

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Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets his first national town hall with NewsNation, as the media grapples with another conspiratorial candidate. “There’s a difference between giving him a town hall and just covering his candidacy,” one network executive says.

    •  TechyDad   ( @TechyDad@beehaw.org ) English
      4•1 year ago

      And there’s the problem that falsehoods are quick and easy to produce but can take time and effort to debunk.

      In the time it takes you to debunk one claim, the anti-vaxxer can spew a dozen more. For you to win, you need to debunk everything they say. For them to win, they just need to keep spewing garbage with no evidence until you run out of time to debunk.