{"id":110354,"date":"2016-12-11T14:21:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T22:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=110354"},"modified":"2016-12-11T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T22:26:42","slug":"some-observers-are-realizing-that-yelling-about-fake-news-has-already-backfired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=110354","title":{"rendered":"‘Some observers are realizing that yelling about fake news has already backfired’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slate<\/a>: Spying an opportunity, right-wingers stopped ignoring the fake news discussion and began to co-opt the phrase as a synonym for liberal bias. A Twitter search for the term \u201cfake news\u201d on Tuesday suggested that it has by now crossed over from a liberal rallying cry to a conservative one.<\/p>\n

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* In Hollywood, Major Picture Studios are selling large chunks of ownership to movie companies in China that are controlled by the Chinese government. Going further, every major studio head says that before a particular movie gets the green-light, it is vetted to make sure it does not offend Chinese sensibilities. But that is not propaganda? [Nope, just good business sense.]<\/p>\n

Google, and Facebook filter search results and content in China so as to appease Chinese officials. Simultaneously, they filter news feeds in the US to be favorable to Hillary Clinton and the Left Agenda. But, again, there\u2019s not a whiff of propaganda here. I guess, it\u2019s because they are tech companies. Tech companies are always good.<\/p>\n

* NO COMMENTS = FAKE NEWS
\nThis is how we take over the \u201cfake news\u201d forced-meme and turn it true.
\nRemember when every mainstream news site had a comments section? Remember disrespectful peanut gallery denizens pointing out that the story they were commenting on was a lie? And then proving it with a hyperlink.
\nAnd then no mainstream news site had a comments section.
\nNO COMMENTS = FAKE NEWS
\nNext time an office-mate tries to tell you about a \u201ctrending\u201d story, ask if the site he or she got it from allows comments, then explain why that matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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