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My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[(Anonymous)]

She's sixty+, not very internet savvy, probably hasn't got a lot of understanding of the difference between media following some standards of journalistic integrity and private websites that can post whatever the hell they bloody feel like posting. And she's so nice I love her, and I just want her to understand that just because it's got a professional-looking layout and a lot of rage about the "socialist mainstream media", that doesn't mean that they are actually telling the entire truth. If I had any hope about her listening to me explaining this, I would've; as it is, however, she knows that I'm liberal and left-leaning and probably thinks I'm nice but a bit politically brainwashed or something.

In short - does anyone have any suggestions for explaining older people that checking your sources is hella important?

(for context, we're European and you won't have heard about this non-English website)

Re: My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[(Anonymous)]

Do you a have a family member she would trust more?

Re: My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[(Anonymous)]

And would there be some more accurate right wing sites you could defer her to?

Re: My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[(Anonymous)]

There's one. It's a lot more highbrown than she is, but I'll keep it in mind.

Re: My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, a couple. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't find it as concerning as I do, but it's not a bad idea. I'll keep it in mind if she keeps it up :(

Re: My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[(Anonymous)]

What makes you think that she doesn't already know all that? My mother knows full well that those websites are not all that reliable, but reads them anyway, because our left-leaning press isn't 100% reliable or impartial either. Everyone lies or omits something.

Re: My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[(Anonymous)]

Our press generally isn't left-leaning, it's just the standard explanation the conspiracy nutjobs regurgitate when confronted with the fact that no credible news sources are talking about whatever they're working themselves up over. My aunt has never been overly interested in politics and certainly never shared much by photos of her grandkids on facebook until recently.

Re: My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, unless she's posting or commenting on things publicly, I don't think there's anything you can do, apart from mentioning the sources are flawed IF it comes up in conversation. Being too accusatory might only push her the other way, and/or make her feel embarrassed. But you can certainly find a time to point out that it's not the most reliable source. (But prepared to back yourself up with a source yourself. "It's obviously fake" probably won't fly with her.)

That being said, posting controversial things publicly on social media can damage your personal life. So I would caution her against doing that, if she is. Especially given that she is a generally nice but misguided and non-internet savvy person - it would be horrible to see her lose her job or have her reputation put at stake because of a misguided post on the internet. :(

Re: My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[(Anonymous)]

"Being too accusatory might only push her the other way, and/or make her feel embarrassed."

This is exactly my problem :( this particular website isn't nazi territory in any way, just... right-wing and the comment section is allegedly populated by conspiracy theorists even if their articles are generally just myopic. I don't think she'll suffer any big social consequences about this, but I'd just hate to lose a person I honestly cherish into that idiocy.

Re: My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[soldatsasha]

I would look for other more centrist (or just more accurate, like an anon said above) websites to refer her to. And I would be blunt when you do so. Just say something like "I've noticed you posting articles from x. I wanted to say that their journalism is bad/they do a bad job sourcing their information/they're known as having lots of wacky conspiracy theory stuff. Here's a list of right-wing and centrist news sources that's much better!"

If that doesn't work, just let it go. She's 60+ and at a certain point she's going to believe whatever she believes and follow whatever sources she follows.

Re: My aunt has started sharing articles from a rightwing website on facebook

[(Anonymous)]

My aunt is nearly 70 and does the same but I don't think there's anything anyone can do about it. She WANTS to believe the stuff she shares and I don't see her listening to anyone who tries to disillusion her. Most of my family are moderate conservatives and she calls them socialists for being so liberal. Some people just have hearts full of hate and I don't think anyone can change them, or least it would a lot more years than my aunt probably has left.