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Originally Posted by crockett
Personally, I look at sites like huffpost, talkingpointmemo, the hill, ect.ect the same as I look at RT or brietfart..
Most of these sites make up ridiculous headlines for click bait so people post them on social media.
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Right... and that really sucks. Of course they need the viewers to make money, but which media outlet are people supposed to believe?
I used to watch just CTV. Today I still watch it, but also CNN, MSNBC, CBC, BBC, and read more stuff online than I ever did. It's exhausting. While the only sites that flat-out lie are sites like Breitbart and Infowars, sometimes there are differences between CNN and CBC. Small differences, but differences nonetheless.
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Originally Posted by kane
My favorite response was the person that said, "Just because my opinion isn't correct, doesn't mean I'm wrong."
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That's amazing, and yet I read something about this kind of thing recently. For some reason it is much harder for certain people to see truth over their own opinion. I'm sure psychologists are having a field day these days...
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Originally Posted by Sly
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Thanks! I will read it.
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Originally Posted by Axeman
The fake news posts on FB is out of control. Drives me insane. Left and right alike.
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I agree. It's so weird. I got sucked into following a few news feeds and then I followed more and more. I've decided that Facebook is the worst place for news. From now on I'll just use it to stalk old ex girlfriends like FB was intended for. Bah!
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Originally Posted by Rochard
ANYONE can create a web page.
Now imagine if you have unlimited funds - like, um, Russia - and you can hire one thousand people to write and post bullshit stories. .
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#Trump2016!
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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
I seriously question the veracity of ANY news report  |
Maybe... but if you don't trust any news source at all, then what to do?