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Gavin Newsom: “And they believe them. And you've talked about this. They…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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From Media Manipulator to Modern Day Stoic With Ryan Holiday

Published | Video Starts at 27:37

And I think we're seeing now a world where, yeah, you can sort of introduce alternative facts, as they say, into the system, and people believe them, what kind of vulnerabilities that exposes to us. And they believe them. And you've talked about this. They believe them. Even after they're debunked, sometimes even more after the quote, unquote correction. Well, I think, I mean, again, this is always a complicated thing to talk about, but January 6th is a fascinating example of everyone with eyes saw thing happen and then there was an investigation, Right. (27:37–27:47)

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Asserts that people sometimes believe false information more after it is debunked.

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