Originally Posted by sarettah

I posted this in response ot someone in the other Fake News thread but gonna put it here too.


Just to clarify something here for you and the rest that keep pointing at CNN and other mainstream media as "Fake News".

CNN and most other major mainstream media do not MAKE UP stories. They sometimes report something that is not accurate because their sources were not accurate. They sometimes may not practice wonderful journalistic standards in what they report BUT they generally do not make up stories.

There are the occasional fabrications such as Brian Williams exagerations about his combat experiences that slip in under the radar.

But that is NOT FAKE NEWS.

Fake News is the made up shit like the story referenced here, or the Swift Boat ads back when Kerry ran. There is more and more of it out there but pretty much the mainstream media is not guilty of it.

Your labeling Mainstream Media as Fake news at every chance you get just adds to the noise level rather than offering anything worthwhile to the discussion.

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