I still think that talking about it is better than trying to ignore or silencing.
Anecdotally we’ve been trying to ignore and silence our Swedish idiot party, the Sweden Democrats, for years, and now they are the second (third?) largest party here.
Only now when the journalists start asking the difficult questions can we see a slight reduction in their poll numbers.
If this link is too be believed it looks like talking about the misinformation while also adding a correction is the way to go.
https://www.apa.org/topics/journalism-facts/misinformation-recommendations
I still think that talking about it is better than trying to ignore or silencing.
Anecdotally we’ve been trying to ignore and silence our Swedish idiot party, the Sweden Democrats, for years, and now they are the second (third?) largest party here. Only now when the journalists start asking the difficult questions can we see a slight reduction in their poll numbers.