The people running this country are still operating with the mindset of someone from the 1980s. They have no concept of modern technology or the internet. They have no idea that places like this exist (let alone why it exists), so when they type 6 gorillion babies killed by covid into the search bar and Google returns an article from a big tech/legacy media about 6 gorillion pediatric coof deaths, they see that as proof. The fact that the data is being manipulated (or is total hot chaff to begin with) doesn't even occur to them. "The New York Times would never lie to me, why would they do that, that's a right wing conspiracy theory."
The people running this country are still operating with the mindset of someone from the 1980s. They have no concept of modern technology or the internet. They have no idea that places like this exist (let alone why it exists), so when they type 6 gorillion babies killed by covid into the search bar and Google returns an article from a big tech/legacy media about 6 gorillion pediatric coof deaths, they see that as proof. The fact that the data is being manipulated (or is total hot chaff to begin with) doesn't even occur to them. "The New York Times would never lie to me, why would they do that, that's a right wing conspiracy theory."