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| Topic | I hate that "fake news" became a serious thing people say. |
| ParanoidObsessive 07/03/18 5:09:37 PM #28: | Rasmoh posted... Probably because just about every mainstream news source loves to publish misleading bullshit, then double down on their bullshit when called out on it. This, so very, very much. I'm less concerned about how people tend to refer to it, and more concerned by the fact that so much mainstream news - on both sides of the political spectrum - tend to be absolute bullshit these days. The desperate need to "scoop" other news sources means no one fact checks their sources anymore, and the desperate need for ratings in a 24-hour news cycle means that news sources are more than willing to sensationalize headlines and push non-stories in an attempt to "clickbait" their way to success. The end result being that a ton of information people are processing every single day is blatantly untrue. And despite how many people online love to turn this into biased political bullshit, BOTH sides do it. And the people on top rarely have political agendas as much as the do financial ones - and they know that pandering to extremists on both sides makes for better ratings. adjl posted... DPsx7 posted...Seriously, when has the news ever produced something that was relevant to our lives? And ironically, they're also a type of news that is often factually incorrect, but which people also give a huge pass to most of the time, in spite of how many times our day may have been ruined by it. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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