Moral panic over fake news hides the real enemy – the digital giants
I don&#x27;t agree with 100% of the article, but overall it is convincing. I&#x27;ve been worrying about this stuff for a while, the article puts it into words fairly well.<p>A lot of people don&#x27;t trust &quot;experts&quot; anymore. The article touches on that, in relation to climate change denial, etc. But I think there is also something more specific there regarding science. Universities and colleges have become very liberal, with hardly any conservatives left. The public is aware of this, and constantly sees on the news the actions of progressives on campus (demonstrations, censorship, etc.), while conservatives are in the closet there. The downside to this liberal success is that the public image of &quot;scientist&quot; is now tied to &quot;liberal&quot;. When half the population does not trust liberals, they won&#x27;t trust scientists.<p>If scientists were as politically balanced as the general public, the general public might trust them more. We might also have more conservative scientists say &quot;climate change isn&#x27;t a partisan issue, I&#x27;m a conservative like you.&quot; With the liberal dominance of academia, we&#x27;ve lost those things.