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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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Originally Posted by
severncity
That is a very well written article. In fact it is too well written, as you can see straight away what it's purpose is. What ever happened to subtlety?
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
Word count for this page http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38205885
Fake = 6
Conspiracy = 5
Theory/theorist = 8
Total = 19
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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severncity
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
That is a very well written article. In fact it is too well written, as you can see straight away what it's purpose is. What ever happened to subtlety?
What is it's purpose, except to expose the power of false news and the cynicism of alt-right and turkish government sites - and the barking nature of some conspiracy theory true believers? Like the armed investigator who turned up at the pizzagate restaurant and shot a hole in the ceiling to see if the story was true:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...e-news-reports
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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jon1959
What is it's purpose, except to expose the power of false news and the cynicism of alt-right and turkish government sites - and the barking nature of some conspiracy theory true believers?
After reading that article I have no doubt that it is fake news made up by a bunch of loony conspiracy theorists. As they mentioned those exact words 20 times in the article, I don't even think an investigation by the authorities is necessary, as it is clearly an open and shut case. The BBC really know what they are talking about having had 50 years of experience dealing with Jimmy Savile :thumbup:
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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Originally Posted by
jon1959
What is it's purpose,
except to expose the power of false news and the cynicism of alt-right and turkish government sites - and the barking nature of some conspiracy theory true believers? Like the armed investigator who turned up at the pizzagate restaurant and shot a hole in the ceiling to see if the story was true:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...e-news-reports
That is the purpose imo, I'm sticking with my first instinct about this, if you think about the solution to this problem you will have your answer, fake news is now a problem, we can't have random nutters taking the law in to their own hands now can we? it's a threat to democracy too and all that blah blah blah, alternative media and fake news sites must be shut down and anyone sharing fake news stories (even if they are 100% true) are dangerous, I'm starting to think that the fixated threat assessment centre that I was talking about in the other thread might come in to play a lot earlier than I thought :hehe:
Always follow the HD :biggrin:
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Mrs Steve R
That is the purpose imo, I'm sticking with my first instinct about this, if you think about the solution to this problem you will have your answer, fake news is now a problem, we can't have random nutters taking the law in to their own hands now can we? it's a threat to democracy too and all that blah blah blah, alternative media and fake news sites must be shut down and anyone sharing fake news stories (even if they are 100% true) are dangerous, I'm starting to think that the fixated threat assessment centre that I was talking about in the other thread might come in to play a lot earlier than I thought :hehe:
Always follow the HD :biggrin:
Head Dunce? :hehe:
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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Wales-Bales
Head Dunce? :hehe:
https://i.imgflip.com/1fdu4a.jpg
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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Mrs Steve R
Leave my hairy dongle out of this :tumbleweed:
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The MSM has lost the ear of the electorate in the US, and this war on fake media is clearly an attempt to get the general population back under control.
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Wales-Bales
Leave my hairy dongle out of this :tumbleweed:
:hehe:
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Wales-Bales
The MSM has lost the ear of the electorate in the US, and this war on fake media is clearly an attempt to get the general population back under control.
This is starting to look less funny.. :hehe:
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0...75&oe=58C76AF2
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Mrs Steve R
He must be the only person on the planet who likes him, everybody else hates him :xmashehe:
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Wales-Bales
He must be the only person on the planet who likes him, everybody else hates him :xmashehe:
I know :hehe: People know his name though so he's an obvious choice.
(make some space btw)
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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Mrs Steve R
I know :hehe: People know his name though so he's an obvious choice.
(make some space btw)
I'd have gone with someone obscure for a bit of street credibility, choosing Alex Jones gives the game away somewhat :xmashehe:
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Wales-Bales
I'd have gone with someone obscure for a bit of street credibility, choosing Alex Jones gives the game away somewhat :xmashehe:
:hehe:
Have you got the John Pilger war on China thing on itv? shocking.
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Mrs Steve R
:hehe:
Have you got the John Pilger war on China thing on itv? shocking.
Has Gluey "triangulated" this to confirm it's veracity? :-)
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Mrs Steve R
:hehe:
Have you got the John Pilger war on China thing on itv? shocking.
I'm taking full credit for this one, Rjk and lardy have accused me of making up stories about China-US relations, so I'm claiming this one as my own :thumbup:
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TruBlue
Has Gluey "triangulated" this to confirm it's veracity? :-)
No need mate, I read a report from the president of the CFR three years ago, and when he became a national security adviser to Trump earlier this year, it was obvious where they would be heading if Trump won the presidential election.
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TruBlue
Has Gluey "triangulated" this to confirm it's veracity? :-)
What? :hehe:
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Mrs Steve R
It isn't an attack on "alternative" media. It's basic education. Before quoting a source and a story, read it first, and get a few other sources. Simple.
How often do people post links to stories that haven't been read first?
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Mrs Steve R
I picked those randomly out of the 'fake news' search results, my point is they are all saying the same things, I just selected a few that's all, I've never heard of Al Monitor and I don't use foreignpolicy either.
You must have seen some of my previous posts about the bbc?
What do you use then?
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Kris
It isn't an attack on "alternative" media. It's basic education. Before quoting a source and a story, read it first, and get a few other sources. Simple.
How often do people post links to stories that haven't been read first?
I know all that but that's not really what I'm talking about here.
I use all sorts.
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I've noticed a pattern regarding these reports about fake news. There is a disproportionate overuse of the words fake, conspiracy and theory, and many of these articles do not even disclose who the writers are. Also they never attribute quotes to an identifiable person. I'm not sure what the reason for this is, but I'm guessing it is something to do with legal ramifications? Does anybody have any other ideas?
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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Wales-Bales
I've noticed a pattern regarding these reports about fake news. There is a disproportionate overuse of the words fake, conspiracy and theory, and many of these articles do not even disclose who the writers are. Also they never attribute quotes to an identifiable person. I'm not sure what the reason for this is, but I'm guessing it is something to do with legal ramifications? Does anybody have any other ideas?
I think the word "fake" is a fairly decent word to describe something fake. Just a hunch though. :sherlock:
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TruBlue
I think the word "fake" is a fairly decent word to describe something fake. Just a hunch though. :sherlock:
Fabricated is a good word, the beeb should know that one. :biggrin:
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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TruBlue
I think the word "fake" is a fairly decent word to describe something fake. Just a hunch though. :sherlock:
I'm a fence-sitter like you, I'm just trying to see things objectively from both sides, but my mind did seem like it was under subliminal attack reading some of that stuff :hehe:
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Wales-Bales
I'm a fence-sitter like you, I'm just trying to see things objectively from both sides, but my mind did seem like it was under subliminal attack reading some of that stuff :hehe:
:hehe: You are kidding right?
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Mrs Steve R
:hehe: You are kidding right?
No :hehe: I always sit on the fence until the facts present themselves. So far nobody has made a watertight case one way or the other. So I will remain sitting on the fence :thumbup:
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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Wales-Bales
No :hehe: I always sit on the fence until the facts present themselves. So far nobody has made a watertight case one way or the other. So I will remain sitting on the fence :thumbup:
We are going to need a bigger fence. :biggrin:
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Re: The fake epidemic of fake news
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Mrs Steve R
We are going to need a bigger fence. :biggrin:
preferable barbed wire :xmashehe: