Owen

So I think we definitely need to keep that in mind and get out there as the army we were.

last time around to help debunk these things and make sure people know what actually is true and what's false.

Maybe we need a new hoax quiz like the ones Scott created before and just keep putting in front of people.

I know American Debunk is probably on top of that.

and has been doing a great job analyzing Trump's persuasion and other things.

So he's a good source for some of those debunks.

But otherwise, just learn how to spot it yourself.

And when you see a clip that looks bad, don't just take it for granted that that's the whole story.

Look into it a little more and see if there was something that was left out on the other side.

And I would say that's on both sides, not just

the left doing it to the right because I think the right does the same thing, frankly.

They'll pull out a little statement that sounds inflammatory and they might leave out all sorts of context.

So do the same thing there just so you get both sides.

It's not based on how true or false something is.

It's based on what kind of impact they think they can have by pushing it.

So it's very common that, just like Scott has talked about with persuasion, that you might need to try all sorts of different things to see what sticks.

And I think that's exactly what happens with these hoaxes, is that they'll try all sorts of things.

And just if something really gets traction, and everybody gets upset about it, and everybody's up in arms about it, and it really looks like it's going to move the needle politically,

That's when they'll really jump on it and say, no, this is what happened.

And they'll just totally ignore the context, totally ignore that it's completely false.