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>People were told something? by whom?

I couldn't find the clip, but I think I saw it on CNN. It was one of the mainstream news outlets, might have been ABC or NBC or something like that.

>You act as if there is some sort of authority on this...

I think you are reading more into my comment than you should.

>online, sooner or later, you will see just about any opinion expressed.

Sure... Not sure why that matters. I'm not just talking about random posts.

> so when you give the example you did, what value is it? the standard shouldn't be "what someone says online" but what a reasonable person would think.

The problem is mainstream outlets are pushing this. That influences people and can cause people who were reasonable to become unreasonable. Unless you don't think people watched by millions can influence others?