Fake news buries truth
FAKE NEWS DOMINATED MANY PLATFORMS DURING THE 2016 ELECTION
Source:yournewswire.com
BY COLLIN BEREND
THis p ast year we w ere
bombarded with fatuous
and spurious sto ries,
by som e o f th e m ost
u n k n o w n w e b s ite s
p o s in g as new s and
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o r g a n iz a tio n s w e a ll
know. There was fake news to
exploit clicks for money, for amusement,
for con sp iratorial lu nacy and articles
spreading provocative lies for attention
or m isrepresentation.
Fake new s is d efined as a source o f
news th a t deliberately doesn’ t tell the
truth or misrepresents w hat happened.
This includes those writing conspiratorial
articles from the likes of Alex Jones, a far
right political commentator, or even CNN
m issing a crucial detail.
Fake news is defined
as a source o f news
that deliberately
doesn’t te ll the truth
o r misrepresents what
happened.
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when Sylville
Sm ith w as k illed , on vid eo, C N N first
portrayed his sister, Sherelle Sm ith, as
calling for peace in her area. Later on,
CNN apologized for the editing, having
cut out before Sm ith suggested taking the
violence to the suburbs instead.
The news sites covering that error came
from Breitbart and the Washington Times,
both conservative leaning. W hether this
fault was purposeful or not, does matter.
I don’t see w hy CN N would sim ply not
include a 2-second section o f that video.
When reports from 4Chan about Trump
and his golden shower allegation came
out, outlets like BuzzFeed ran the story
as fact, knowing there was no evidence.
The sam e happened w ith the idea o f
Russia leaking inform ation during the
election. C N N , M SN B C , The New York
IT Tw<
An FBI source
that a massive
has emerged from the Clinton email investigation
and pedophile sex ring operates in Washington.
According to reports, at least 6 members of Congress and several leaders from federal agencies are
implicated in the pedophile ring, which they say was run directly with the Clinton Foundation as a front.
Found on yournewswire.com, this article is an example of the many fake news stories that ran last year.
Times, The W ashington Post and so on,
pushed the narrative that it was Russia
b efo re a ffir m a tiv e in fo rm a tio n w as
provided. B efore any evidence. News
agencies should wait to see the evidence,
not believe the CIA .
President Trump’ s skepticism o f their
work is well placed. It was the CIA that
helped get u s into the Iraq W ar based
on false inform ation about former Iraqi
president and dictator Saddam Hussein.
Colin Powell went on record and called it
a “ great intelligence failure/*
Even the CIA should not automatically
be believed. They’ re hum an-operated,
and as such, are subject to fail. We all are.
One fake story of 2016 was the allegation
that Pope Francis endorsed Trump. First
published on WTOE 5 and later picked
up b y E nd ing the Fed, th is story w as
read hundreds o f thousands o f tim es on
Facebook.
A hit that sadly caused an actual uproar
was the infam ous Pizzagate. This began
after o n lin e users read th e W ikiLeak
o f C lin to n ’ s em ails w ith Jo h n Podesta,
w hich contained the word “ pizza.” They
believed this to be a secret m eaning to
som e nefarious tru th , such as h u m an
trafficking involvem ent.
T hese stories hu rt true jo u rn alism
b ecau se th ey blur th e lin e b etw een
w hat is real and what is fake. W hen fake
news tries to look real, and w hen real
publications present mere claims as facts,
no one knows what to believe.
Already, it has become a political left
versus right. Fox News and W ashington
Times versus The W ashington Post and
The New York Tim es. BuzzFeed versus
Breitbart.
For consum ers o f th e news, the best
course o f action is to read all sides and
lo o k at the evidence. Do your research
and check the URL.
If you’re reading Everyday Feminism or
BuzzFeed, then read Breitbart. If you hear
one opinion or fact in the news from one
source, see the opposing pieces. And if you
see som ething that looks odd or unreal,
check the link. Does it have a “ .com .co?”
Then it’s likely fake. The sites with a “ .co”
in them are generally overseas sites, like
“ .co.uk” for a British website.
One m ust be skeptical w hen reading
o nline and not in p rint; but w ith the
right direction and knowledge on how
to discern w hat’ s'true and false, hearing
b o th sides and w aitin g for evid ence,
readers should be fine.
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