• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Because media gaslighting works so well that people usually aren’t aware that they’ve been affected by counterfactual narratives before they start actively reinforcing them by repetition.

    The Google trends for this particular phrase:

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      It’s hard not to wonder if the bump back in late March or April was from the folks selling stories right now