MAN: Mainstream media
 is operating in
 a propaganda-rich environment.
 There is a an intentional
 deception on one side,
 and there is an honest,
 if imperfect, process
 of trying to get as near
the truth as we can,
on the other.
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WOMAN: People are actually
 confusing real and fake news,
 especially,
 if they see it online.
MAN 2: The first example of
 Pizzagate is on a Reddit post.
 People become convinced
 that Comet Pizza is,
like, this,
child-rape dungeon.
MAN 3: Somebody walking into
 a DC pizzeria with a rifle
and firing it off.
MAN 4: My staff go
 table-to-table,
telling each table that
they need to go.
 The customers are like,
 "Oh. no.
 We're here to support you."
"No, you don't understand.
There's a guy here with a gun."
Looks like they have
a rent-a-mob Soros bus here.
-How do you know that?
-I just saw it out the window.
-Looks like--
-You have no evidence
to suggest
that is a Soros mob bus.
 Then he goes and tweets it.
Are we trending?
That's the real question.
He's just created fake news.
MAN 4: We've even tried
 to use fake news.
It's become a tool of war.
 Uh, there's terrible, negative
 potential consequences.
But, so what? That's what I say.
WOMAN 2: Challenging
 what is knowable
 is a fundamental way
 to ensure that you and I
can't ever compromise
on anything.
MAN 5:
 The next thing you know,
there is nothing about
this democracy that is real.
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