"The scientists argued that threats to humanity – nuclear and climate change – worsened with disinformation from political leaders around the world. They said nationalist leaders and their supporters lied in many ways, but especially on social media. The leaders did not care they were lying, said the scientists, but insisted “that their lies were truth, and the truth ‘fake news.’”"
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Scientists Set Doomsday Clock to Two Minutes to Midnight, Voice of America News, (26 January 2019)
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