You'd like to think that a documentary that proposes to tackle the very important issue surrounding 'fake news' would look at a variety of non partisan sources, use empirical evidence, and analyse the implications of fake news on society, politics, how technology has been manipulated to create echo chambers, and algorithms exploited through the use of trolls, bots and ranking manipulation etc. This however, does none of these.
What it does do is try to legitimise the fringe opinions of several high profile right wing commentators, many of whom have been de-platformed and discredited under hate speech laws for the things they have said. These self titled 'journalists' and 'truth seekers' then continue to paint themselves as the victims, devoid of any sense of accountability for their own spreading of 'fake news' and hate speech, justifying their right to say what they want, apparently without accountability. This then continues with a series of massively oversimplified takes on partisan issues, cherry picking events and evidence that seeks to reinforce this narrative of fringe conservative speakers as the victims.
It's very slickly produced and to many people without the time or context to step back and contextualise it in actual facts, it's a seductive simplification of many serious complex issues. It's just ironic that a documentary about 'fake news' ultimately ends up weaving so many mistruths and part truths together to tell its story it's devoid of any credibility or authenticity.
What it does do is try to legitimise the fringe opinions of several high profile right wing commentators, many of whom have been de-platformed and discredited under hate speech laws for the things they have said. These self titled 'journalists' and 'truth seekers' then continue to paint themselves as the victims, devoid of any sense of accountability for their own spreading of 'fake news' and hate speech, justifying their right to say what they want, apparently without accountability. This then continues with a series of massively oversimplified takes on partisan issues, cherry picking events and evidence that seeks to reinforce this narrative of fringe conservative speakers as the victims.
It's very slickly produced and to many people without the time or context to step back and contextualise it in actual facts, it's a seductive simplification of many serious complex issues. It's just ironic that a documentary about 'fake news' ultimately ends up weaving so many mistruths and part truths together to tell its story it's devoid of any credibility or authenticity.