is not about being a killjoy or ruining the fun of gossip. It is about consent. It is about agreeing, as a culture, to base our shared conversations on things that actually happened, rather than things a bot hallucinated to sell ad clicks.
The next time you see a headline that makes you gasp, pause. Verify. Wait for the confirmation. Because in the new golden age of popular media, the most radical act you can commit is to be certain.
That filter is gone.