- We blame media manipulators for producing misinformation, and consumers for not being able to discern fact from fiction. - This focuses the attention on the ability to create and spread false information. - It ignores the context of legitimate institutional mistrust. - See [[media literacy does not address epistemological differences]] and [[they know about cellphones]]: - We have to shift from trying to combat misinformation on an individual level, because these are not individual problems. - Reminds me, too, of the overarching idea that I haven’t put into a note yet – the internet isn’t depressing us, the world *is* depressing.