Cleaning up info-pollution

It’s going to take more than critical thinking to rout out the pollution on our platforms.

Call it Face-Twit-Fox-1, the informational virus. It moves swiftly, easily finding new vectors and avenues of dissemination. Unlike other viruses, Face-Twit-Fox-1 preys on weaknesses in critical thinking (there are many). This virus, which has grown to pandemic proportions in unison with Covid-19, has even made some super spreaders shockingly wealthy. I…