Disinfomedia

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Re: Disinfomedia

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EAllusion wrote: I am saying the majority of fake news was not created by his efforts..

Oh well then, please provide some support for your claim - whereas "majority" is explained.
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Re: Disinfomedia

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canpakes wrote:
... the majority of ‘fake news’ websites are run by a Democratic organization in California ...

Just for fun, I'd ask for him to post the actual content from the NPR article that confirm his statement above, but he'll be incapable of doing that.

Um, that is the quote from the the NPR article....a.k.a. the "content". But perhaps you are claiming that Laura Sydell of NPR created some "Fake News"?

nice reading discernment there, canny.
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Re: Disinfomedia

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... the majority of ‘fake news’ websites are run by a Democratic organization in California ...

subgenius wrote:
canpakes wrote:Just for fun, I'd ask for him to post the actual content from the NPR article that confirm his statement above, but he'll be incapable of doing that.

Um, that is the quote from the the NPR article....a.k.a. the "content". But perhaps you are claiming that Laura Sydell of NPR created some "Fake News"?

nice reading discernment there, canny.

Quote the actual text from the article that you believe matches what you are stating above, then.

Let’s take a look at your command of the language. ; )
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Re: Disinfomedia

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canpakes wrote:Quote the actual text from the article that you believe matches what you are stating above, then.

Let’s take a look at your command of the language. ; )
I'm curious what source actually cued subs into this story. I'd bet that whatever brietbart knockoff he was browsing gave us that first line.
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Re: Disinfomedia

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Xenophon wrote:
canpakes wrote:Quote the actual text from the article that you believe matches what you are stating above, then.

Let’s take a look at your command of the language. ; )
I'm curious what source actually cued subs into this story. I'd bet that whatever brietbart knockoff he was browsing gave us that first line.


You’ve guessed correctly. Bad enough that he chooses to be ignorant of the actual facts, but he’s lazy to boot.
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Re: Disinfomedia

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Xenophon wrote:
canpakes wrote:Quote the actual text from the article that you believe matches what you are stating above, then.

Let’s take a look at your command of the language. ; )
I'm curious what source actually cued subs into this story. I'd bet that whatever brietbart knockoff he was browsing gave us that first line.

If you changed that to "cheap zero-hedge knockoff" then you'd be right on the money.
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Re: Disinfomedia

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Xenophon wrote:
canpakes wrote:Quote the actual text from the article that you believe matches what you are stating above, then.

Let’s take a look at your command of the language. ; )
I'm curious what source actually cued subs into this story. I'd bet that whatever brietbart knockoff he was browsing gave us that first line.


Not too hard to find.
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Re: Disinfomedia

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Res Ipsa wrote:Not too hard to find.
I should have phrased it better. I'm curious if subs will admit that his headline isn't found in the source he provided and own up to his real source. I'm skeptical he will.
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Re: Disinfomedia

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subgenius wrote:
moksha wrote:You go, Subgenius! With enough claims of fake news, people will surely to buy into this altered reality thing.

Wha? do you mean that reality can be altered?

Well, not actual reality but altering someone's perception of reality is close enough.

Like the RNC playbook says, "You can't fool all the people all of the time, so our goal in 2020 will be to fool a sufficient percentage to get Trump reelected".

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Huckabee Sanders - That was a takeout bento box for President Putin which should have read Lunch Cods. I've been told it is a favorite in Japan. Next question.
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Re: Disinfomedia

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Xenophon wrote:
Res Ipsa wrote:Not too hard to find.
I should have phrased it better. I'm curious if subs will admit that his headline isn't found in the source he provided and own up to his real source. I'm skeptical he will.


He won't, but he clearly did not come up with the headline on his own, nor did he simply copy the headline from the article he linked to. Why would he link to one article while providing a headline from a different article? He probably copied the headline from one of his alt-right propaganda sites brietbart/infowars/rushlimbaugh/stormfront, but even he knows that those sources suck, so he linked it to the original story on npr. Ironic that he used a false click-bait headline to post a story about fake news.
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