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Okay, good point. The "mutilation" and "children" claims from the title, have no connection with the content of the article. That's the first of so many problems --so many, that the article can't really be coherently understood.
...This is a good candidate for fake news. The motivation would likely be profits.
I can say with "absolute certainty" that all news is "fake news" ... some news is just a little more fake than other newsnobody would make the connecting leap to say that ALL news is fake news.
I can give you a great hintSo please, explain to me what is fake news and what is not fake news. I need examples. Thanks.
Real News= before fairness doctrine.
Fake news= after repel of fairness doctrine.
Intuition guides us.intuition
"Fake" originally meant intentional fraud, ie, intentionalIs that fake news or an unwitting praise of Tina Fey's performance?
That doesn't excuse changing the quote to make it outrageous.Yes, but Palin did say something that was pretty much the same thing and just as dumb.
For comedy it does, but you are correct that news sources are without excuse.That doesn't excuse changing the quote to make it outrageous.
You remind me of something.....I've seen surveys about howFor comedy it does, but you are correct that news sources are without excuse.
Yes, they can be. Memories become "facts". Which is why it is always a good idea for those in the news biz to double check quotes. In fact from somewhere I have a memory that questionable claims need at least two sources.You remind me of something.....I've seen surveys about how
many young'ns these days say they get their news from comedy
shows, eg, John Stewart. Have they the detachment to discern
what is real & what is agenda driven satire?
It's not just young's....my father was in his 80s when he insisted
that he saw Palin say she could see Russia from her house on
the news. Memories can be tricky things, eh.
Getting the news from a comedy show makes it bearable. Listening to Palin in the original makes me cringe so hard that it hurts.You remind me of something.....I've seen surveys about how
many young'ns these days say they get their news from comedy
shows, eg, John Stewart. Have they the detachment to discern
what is real & what is agenda driven satire?
It's not just young's....my father was in his 80s when he insisted
that he saw Palin say she could see Russia from her house on
the news. Memories can be tricky things, eh.
This is why I avoid listening to politicians say things.Getting the news from a comedy show makes it bearable. Listening to Palin in the original makes me cringe so hard that it hurts.
If one listens to comedy shows for the news it will be mostly right. At least if it is good comedy. If one's comedy is often wrong then it is a good idea to try to find a higher level of comedy.This is why I avoid listening to politicians say things.
I avoid listening to very stupid people. I feel ashamed of belonging to the same race.This is why I avoid listening to politicians say things.
All news based comedy is agenda driven. FindingIf one listens to comedy shows for the news it will be mostly right. At least if it is good comedy. If one's comedy is often wrong then it is a good idea to try to find a higher level of comedy.
Even smart people can be intolerably annoying when pandering & politicking.I avoid listening to very stupid people. I feel ashamed of belonging to the same race.
I avoid it, but I have run across low comedy that is more interested in what someone sounds like rather than what they say.All news based comedy is agenda driven. Finding
better comedy won't mean more accurate news.
I remember Mort Sahl being one of the best.
But he wasn't news.