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Written by Jeff Jarvis on 2025-01-21 at 17:49

I dig out the frightening bits--that's all there are--from Edelman's Trust Barometer. It's all about grievances: Festivus for all of us. Nobody trusts or believes anybody, which says to me that right-wing campaigns of fear work. 1/

https://medium.com/whither-news/the-whole-world-is-whining-5f686b1f335a

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Written by Jeff Jarvis on 2025-01-21 at 17:53

Bad news or news: 70% of people think journalists lie to them. Three-quarters of people with high grievance say that news organizations “would rather attract a big audience than tell people what they need to know.” 2/

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Written by Jeff Jarvis on 2025-01-21 at 17:57

This is truly frightening: More than half of young people, aged 18-34, believe in "hostile activism," including attacking people online, spreading disinformation, and violence. 3/

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Written by Sage Collins on 2025-01-21 at 18:17

@jeffjarvis They just witnessed four years of the country stalling to convict an insurrectionist who was allowed to retake the presidency instead. You're talking about people who have watched their leaders lie, cheat, and steal their way to victory while shamelessly flaunting that the law doesn't apply to them.

People look to things like hostility when civility has failed them.

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