The plague of fake news is getting worse

[CARIIS]

I wanted to start a thread on this cause a lot of us just went through this with Pulse shooting.

[video]http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/30/media/facebook-fake-news-plague/index.html[/video]

 

[Betty P]

I wanted to start a thread on this cause a lot of us just went through this with Pulse shooting.

[video]http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/30/media/facebook-fake-news-plague/index.html[/video]

Thanks! This kind of thing has been going on for years, but increased use of social media has really made it worse.

It's little more than the modern day version of sharing nasty gossip at the back yard fence, only now it reaches millions of people in an instant and is promoted by shady, anonymous characters.

People should be careful clicking on these "fake" news stories. It's possible to pick up some terrible viruses in your computer.

 

[JohnPaul]

Thanks! This kind of thing has been going on for years, but increased use of social media has really made it worse.

one of the many reasons why i don't use any social media, no facebook, no twitter, etc etc,

IMO, these things do more harm to society then good,

email, phone, and text is good enough for me

 

[Elley Mae]

The last place for truth in my opine is cnn. They are very bias, d brazile is one example, they let her go because it was found that what she was accused of doing was very true. And yes fb & twitter are bias as well. Jmo

 

[bluesneakers]

The last place for truth in my opine is cnn. They are very bias, d brazile is one example, they let her go because it was found that what she was accused of doing was very true. And yes fb & twitter are bias as well. Jmo

And yet they still employ Corey Lewandowski. Why can't they learn?

Twitter and FB are social media platforms and not news outlets.

Unfortunately both are used to spread a lot of fake news, hate, and urban legends. I find myself wishing the entire internet had to play by Websleuths rules - if you can't back it up with msm, snopes, or a direct quote don't bother posting.

 

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[Dockins]

What's even more disturbing is that some people believe everything they read, because it's on the Internet, so it has to be true. Cue that commercial.

 

[CARIIS]

And it shall go on!

 

[Gardenista]

Agree. Never believe anything you read/hear from CNN, NYT, WaPo, NBC, ABC, Fox etc... Lies upon lies.

 

[bluesneakers]

Agree. Never believe anything you read/hear from CNN, NYT, WaPo, NBC, ABC, Fox etc... Lies upon lies.

We are allowed to use all those sources for anything we post here.

 

[drjones]

There is a big difference between the issue of bias on CNN/FOX etc and the plague of fake news that is being discussed.

It is now an industry to create entirely fake stories and present them on misleading websites that pretend to be real news sites.