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668 points wildmusings | 1 comments | 24 Nov 16 00:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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pavanky ◴[24 Nov 16 01:23 UTC] No.13027199[source]▶

While I strongly disagree with what he did, the level of fake news and conspiracy theories hitting the front page has been toxic and out of control this year.

Everyone has been accusing of Facebook and twitter for spreading fake news while reddit has also been absolute shit at it.

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1. retrogradeorbit ◴[24 Nov 16 09:12 UTC] No.13029193[source]▶

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I think your cast of 'fake news' may be way too narrow.

Remember the WMDs? The babies thrown out of the humidi-cribs? Jessica Lynch? This goes back through all news. Dan Rather's comment on air after seeing the classified Zapruder film,"went forward with considerable violence"? A complete lie. All news contains significant spin. And most mainstream news is completely fake.

No, what they mean now when they say "fake news" is "news that disagrees with my political leaning".

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