Jessica Wakeman
@jessicawakeman.bsky.social
Independent journalist in Asheville, NC | https://jessicawakeman.contently.com | previously seen in Brooklyn and Connecticut | cream puff in a knife fight | email: jessica dot wakeman at gmail dot com | signal: jessicawakeman.80
Reposted by Jessica Wakeman
The deeper problem is that most people can't distinguish between fact and opinion or between stuff that's inaccurate and stuff they simply don't like.
I feel one million years old here, but we do actually have a pretty reliable way of knowing what news is true. Did a real newspaper publish it? Then probably yes. Can’t find it in a real newspaper? Maybe not.
A large majority of U.S. adults now get news digitally, but nondigital news consumers are less likely to say they extremely often or often encounter inaccurate news.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The deeper problem is that most people can't distinguish between fact and opinion or between stuff that's inaccurate and stuff they simply don't like.
Reposted by Jessica Wakeman
Preventing health care costs from exploding?
Reopening the government?
Lowering the cost of groceries?
Nope. Building himself a new $300 million ballroom.
Reopening the government?
Lowering the cost of groceries?
Nope. Building himself a new $300 million ballroom.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Preventing health care costs from exploding?
Reopening the government?
Lowering the cost of groceries?
Nope. Building himself a new $300 million ballroom.
Reopening the government?
Lowering the cost of groceries?
Nope. Building himself a new $300 million ballroom.
