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| Topic | I hate that "fake news" became a serious thing people say. |
| Zeus 07/02/18 8:14:07 PM #22: | darkknight109 posted... No one seems to remember this anymore, but "Fake News" originally referred to the very real problem of Russian disinformation networks bombarding social media with completely false and non-factual stories in an attempt to discredit candidates they didn't like and more generally to sow discontent and disunity. That was post election. iirc, he was already using it or variations thereof during the election. Otherwise, that became known as Russia influencing the election which was then turned to Russia rigging, hacking, etc, the election because influencing wasn't a strong enough term. argonautweakend posted... actual fake news: news article said my friend(who you guys might remember me mentioning is in legal trouble) said he admitted to doing the crime, which he hasn't. was in a local news article. Then he should sue for defamation after his case is dropped. He could collect millions. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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