For those wondering, this story is not real. The characters were generated with AI. This has been an experiment. Nine voted for brutal torture. Two for execution without trial. And six for trial and then hanging. For people who do not exist. This is how easy it is to manufacture news. Believe nothing you see. Confirm everything. And then doubt even that. Now imagine if I was the news and I hired actors to tell this story. It could be used to radicalize blacks, or whites, or any group against any other. Which is what has been happening for years. Imagine if some group spent a year getting to know you and your beliefs, pushing them toward a certain ideological position, to make you *easier* to radicalize. You don't have to imagine, this is a real thing: It's called an "IO farm" or "IO funnel" and it is part of next gen warfare, and every nation is engaged in it, along with many NGOs. It is not enough to trust some sources over others any more. We also must actively learn to doubt.