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I do not. But I studied under current UPenn Annenberg professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Co-founder of factcheck.org. A major propagandist focusing on health, science and political propaganda - all areas I focus on. She taught me many of the magician's tricks decades ago. But she is a magician performing tricks these days. Much more lucrative in the performance than the teaching.
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I do not. But I studied under current UPenn Annenberg professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Co-founder of FactCheck.org. A major propagandist focusing on health, science and political propaganda - all areas I focus on. She taught me many of the magician's tricks decades ago. But she is a magician performing tricks these days. Much more lucrative in the performance than the teaching.
I know some of those magician's tricks as well. I learned most of mine in the fieldwork.
So-called Fact Checkers are indeed propagandists. For starters, all you need to do is to give your routine a name contrary to what it actually is, which inspires public confidence. Then, away you go! And any field which COVID Mania gave birth to, such as "fact-checking", is dishonest by default.
Despite the profits to be made, there is still something to be said for integrity. She has to live with herself, ultimately.