We know that misinformation is everywhere.
Well, it turns out that everyone pretty much agrees that it's a bad thing.
Not every group equally, but everybody seems to understand that it's not good.
I want to jump into the details of a new poll that was just released?
About three quarters of adults say that misinformation increases hate crimes,
extreme political views and
about half believe that increases political engagement,
which I guess that's mostly good, but also decreases trust in government.
That was half of everyone, 91% say that it's a problem,
74% say it's a major problem.
Nearly three quarters of adults at least somewhat concerned that they have been
personally exposed to misinformation.
So we've gotten that truth to 3/4 of Americans.
The last fourth is going to have to learn on their own schedule.
I guess by the way, big majorities of both parties, 80 per Percent of Democrats,
of Republicans say that misinformation increases extreme political views.
And so they do.
Even Republicans believe that misinformation can lead to violence
based on gender, religion or race and that's progress.
Now, what they would support being done to stop the spread of misinformation,
what they would accurately identify as misinformation.
I can't say for any particular person.
Everybody seems to understand that their sources are unimpeachable, but
I do at least like that.
We have broad consensus that this is out there and that it's a major problem and
it's a problem that has sometimes lethal consequences.
Ben, what do you think?
>> Trying my best to put out of my mind the problem I have with
a poll about misinformation being accurate, who knows?
Who knows if that can't even be trusted.
But assuming it can be, it it does not,
I don't think speak that well to people because 77%
saying misinformation increases hate crimes.
That number should not only be 100%.
It doesn't even make, they're basically saying,
it increases hate crimes based on false information.
But there should be a base level of hate crime based on accurate information
about these groups of people know there should be no hate crimes and all of them
are committed based on misinformation and fall a k a false beliefs about groups
of people that you are trying to use the scapegoats for your own problems.
So I don't, I don't know, people's opinion.
Yeah.
It almost seems like they can justify, well,
sure there's eight crimes because we're not getting good data.
So people just need better sources.
>> Look there there is this connection and
we wanted to make sure that people understood it.
Not specifically about any particular piece of misinformation, but
it is out there.
And the hate crimes are there, there's been a lot in the last,
especially the last few years, especially in certain populations.
By the way, FBI apparently just stopped two men in Missouri who are plotting
to kill migrants at the texas border, these guys decided to broadcast their
plans on Tiktok and look, I get it, Everybody wants a following.
But I feel like that was a bad call.
I think that when you say that you're gonna go and
kill a bunch of people that might raise a few red flags.
And so this is, I'm not gonna get into the individual people.
You can find out more about them.
I don't want to encourage copycats or whatever.
Anyway.
One was charged with three counts of making a threat over the phone
unlawfully possessing a firearm and shooting at federal officials jesus.
By the way, I want to get some of what they had to say about this.
One says I'm probably the only one right now that is ready to go to war against
this government.
And I don't mean just talk about it.
I mean grab my rifle and go to DC.
And take this country back physically not sit in a basement and talk about it.
Other videos discuss traveling with a group to the US.
Border to shoot migrants.
One says, I know I'm already practically a terrorist.
I know that for a fact because I'm a patriot, I don't expect a good outcome
from us going down there, it'll be kill or be killed.
So there's this weird actual ability to do some self analysis.
I don't think this is gonna go well, but I already bought my vest.
So I think I'm just gonna do it and I'm going to broadcast to the FBI and
law enforcement that I'm going to do it.
The whole thing is a disgusting mess.
And of course the issue isn't that,
that that they were caught good job by the FBI for tracking them down.
It's that I don't think we've gotten everyone who wants to do this
sort of thing.
Others are out there and
they're believing conspiracy theories like the great replacement theory,
like the stuff about the caravans and jewish people who control the movement of
migrants and everything that is already resulted in mass shootings.
It almost certainly will in the future.
It's a massive problem.
What do you think?
>> Yeah, the lack of self awareness and
of laws of people to be broadcasting their crimes on social media is amazing.
I did one of my rebel HQ videos about 23 weeks ago was
called Tiktok commit sedition live on Tiktok.
This old man that literally live on Tiktok was saying, or uploaded video on Tiktok
was saying, who's gonna go with him and take back our government Enough of this?
We need to get into that house.
But this time really take it.
I mean, they think that they are doing something wonderful and
the term patriot now has been so bastardized.
People think you're a patriot by going against
the government of the United States of America.
I mean words are completely upside down.
>> Yeah, 100% thankfully.
There are at least some people watching.
I mean you got that one guy and the FBI got these.
But but yeah it's out there.