about whether people who are already prone to hate are actually being pushed all the way to violence by the encouragement, by the reinforcement that they get online. have we reached a point even here, i ll just speak for myself. we ll present factual information, back it up with examples, right? concrete empirical evidence. and people say oh, that s not true or it s fake news. it s like what are you talking about? i m often shocked by the amount of propaganda that people believe. have we reached a point where propaganda can pass as true? here s why that happens. i was thinking about this when watching cnn earlier this evening. on anderson s show he was going through the lies in the president s speech, for lack of a better word, on immigration today. because the internet gives you all of these kind of tiny niches you can go into, because even the tv dial gives you so many options, you can tell yourself you re extremely well informed because you have all of these sites bookmarked,
and reinforcement they get online. have we reached a point look, even here, i ll speak for myself. the folks at the network will present factual information, back it up with examples, concrete empirical evidence and people say that s not true or it s fake news. it s like what, are you talking about? i m often shocked by the amount of propaganda that people believe. have we reached a point where propaganda can pass as truth and lies? here s why this is happens. i was thinking about this much watching cnn earlier this evening. anderson was going through all the lies in the president s speech for lack of a better word on immigration today. because the internet gives you the tiny nichs you can go into, you can tell yourself you re extremely well informed because you have all of these sites bookmarked because you re following these 100 people on twitter and watching tv but you can never stumble across a show that s actually giving you
i notice you said supporters. followers because that s what it has become. but to every journalist who then amplify what he says even if it s right or wrong, even if it s embellishment or a lie. in many ways we do that on cable news too because we put it on and people believe it before we have a chance to fact collect it can. he sets the terms of the conversation. this happened tuesday. he had said with an executive order i m going to enden birth right citizenship. he is not going to do that. for 24 hours what were we talking about? immigration and birth right citizenship. victory donald trump. i m going to do the tax cut. people still believe those things. i was listening to on my way home last night randi kaye s story on anderson s show. just to listen to the people in the crowd what they believe, he s going to change the whole, you said birth right citizenship but realize you can t. no, he s going to do it.
that s worse than willie horton. but it s also a straight line to others, not only his followers, and i say followers, right? notice i didn t say supporters. followers because that s what it s become. but to every journalist who then amplifies what he says, even if it s right or wrong, even if it s embellishment or a lie, people are still amplifying it. in many ways we do that here on cable news too because we put it on, we run it and then people believe it before we have a chance to fact check it. yes. or at least he sets the terms of the conversation. this happened tuesday. at the beginning of tuesday we heard he said with an executive order i m going to end birthright citizenship. he s not going to be able to do that. i don t he believes he can do that. but for 24 hours what were we talking about? immigration and birthright citizenship. victory donald trump. exactly. and i m going to do the tax cut. people still believe those things. i was listening to at my home last night ra