Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, a long-time critic of President Trump, said the invasion of the Capitol was “a pretty clear reminder that the truth matters.”
Since 1994 when it began investigating so-called "urban legends," Snopes now covers all kinds of assertions claiming to be facts. Some are; many are not.
"It pays to believe obviously untrue things," by science writerTom Chivers in Unherd.com. Chivers cites the work of several authors, including Kevin Simler, Steven Pinker, and Tim Harford,
an article from the UK Guardian which quotes the WHO Director-General: “We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic. Fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous....we are headed down a dark path that leads nowhere but division and disharmony.”