Why did we stop caring about disinformation? | Skylar Hughes | TEDxDuke

[Applause] How much did they pay you to lie. That was the first message that I received as a fact-checking intern two years ago. Now, when I first read it, I laughed.I mean, accusations that I, a 20-year-old intern, was being paid to spread lies to the public. It was comical. But the next day, I got a comment.This is what they do. They use your own people to cover up and talk down on you. And then I got another comment and then more comments.And suddenly, I wasn't laughing anymore. When the act of truthtell ...