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From the Ted Talk by Ethan Lindenberger: Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines

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But I never claimed things I didn't understand, I talked about my ________ experiences. And even at the Senate _______, I just talked about how ______________ is dangerous. My mom got a lot of her beliefs from social media, from Facebook and from organizations that were allowing their _________ to push lies that were very dangerous.

Now, I also saw that as I was doing this — and I was doing this as respectfully as I could, as __________ as I could — I was getting a lot of criticism, a lot of very angry people. When I was in DC for that testimony I gave, I was looking around the office building and three ladies got in an elevator with me and said I'm the reason their children are being maimed and murdered and I'm _________ Hitler. So that was fun.

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  1. platforms
  2. basically
  3. personal
  4. misinformation
  5. accurately
  6. hearing

Original Text


But I never claimed things I didn't understand, I talked about my personal experiences. And even at the Senate hearing, I just talked about how misinformation is dangerous. My mom got a lot of her beliefs from social media, from Facebook and from organizations that were allowing their platforms to push lies that were very dangerous.

Now, I also saw that as I was doing this — and I was doing this as respectfully as I could, as accurately as I could — I was getting a lot of criticism, a lot of very angry people. When I was in DC for that testimony I gave, I was looking around the office building and three ladies got in an elevator with me and said I'm the reason their children are being maimed and murdered and I'm basically Hitler. So that was fun.

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