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 Government censorship is a greater threat than ‘disinformation’
By Douglas Murray
Published Sep. 12, 2024, 6:56 p.m. ET
 
“Disinformation” is once again in the news.

On one side are people who say that if something sounds like a fake news story and smells like a fake news story, then it is indeed a fake news story.

On the other side are people who say that if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably already been eaten by a Haitian immigrant.

Whom to believe?

In any normal period, it would be fairly easy to work out what is going on.

In a story like the one from Springfield, Ohio, people make claims, the media investigate them and then everyone decides whom they believe.
abolitionist Frederick Douglass: “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will.”