Category: Exclusive
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Social Media, Mistrust, and the New Information Asymmetry
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in ExclusiveAnother undercurrent in Sunday coverage was the speed with which misinformation spreads — especially around disaster aid, corruption claims, and policy decisions. The instinctive response is to blame social media. This is convenient — and wrong. Social media does not create mistrust. It exploits it. In environments where institutions communicate slowly, selectively, or defensively, alternative
