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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aeson" data-source="post: 8262623" data-attributes="member: 16253">Larry Kudlow. Somehow word started spreading that the government was going to limit meat consumption. They even had a number, 4 lbs of red meat a year. I understand this is political. I'm more fascinated with how quickly misinformation is spread. I watched a quick YouTube video today talking about conspiracy theories that were true. One of the stories was how the government poisoned alcohol during prohibition. What happened was toxins were added to ethanol and methanol, other industrial alcohols, NOT drinking alcohol. Word went around that government was poisoning anyone that drank alcohol, many did get sick and die from drinking the ethanol and methanol. The 4 lbs of meat thing was in some documents unrelated to the proposed spending bill, yet it's being used to undermine it. It's so hard to get accurate information. News organizations disseminate misinformation so easily. A single word taken out of context could be blown out of proportion in a matter of hours, and be a focal point of months. How does one combat this?</blockquote>