Arbiters of Truth

The dumbest red herring

Mrs. Merriam Webster, arbiter of truth

I’ve written two columns about misinformation recently, one about Joe Rogan and Spotify and one about Substack and what constitutes trustworthy behavior, and in both cases have suggested that publishers make editorial choices, which should be self-evident and uncontroversial because that’s what publishers do by definition, but for people who are fine with misinformation, and in fact, want…