Peter Bamert and Andrew G. Bjelland: “Ministers of mistrust understand the extent to which targeted audiences are predisposed to accept information as true if the source seems authentic and if the information confirms preexisting beliefs.'
This image made from video of a fake video featuring former President Barack Obama shows elements of facial mapping used in new technology that lets anyone make videos of real people appearing to say things they've never said. There is rising concern that U.S. adversaries will use new technology to make authentic-looking videos to influence political campaigns or jeopardize national security.
Trust has been under assault for decades. Ministers of mistrust understand the extent to which targeted audiences are predisposed to accept information as true if the source seems authentic and if the information confirms preexisting beliefs. They understand that mendacious, emotively charged and contradictory information is rapidly transmitted to large audiences via social media.
Influential and credible media commentators and newspapers once provided the context within which an informed public could engage in responsible debates. The fourth pillar of democracy — the free and independent media — is now under sustained assault. The thoroughgoing commercialization of propaganda outlets has vastly diminished trust in all media sources.
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