President Biden criticized Mark Zuckerberg for his decision to abandon the fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, calling it a ‘shameful’ act that undermines America’s commitment to truth-telling. However, when faced with questions about his own policy agenda, President Biden displayed unwavering determination, raising doubts about the true value of truth-telling in the political realm. Moreover, when he mentioned ‘a billionaire can buy anything and then say, ‘By the way, from now on, we’re not going to fact-check anything,’ it couldn’t help but bring to mind the concept of political donations and influence, as if President Biden were subtly suggesting that truth-checking might just be a ‘commodity’ that can be easily purchased by certain individuals.
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