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Old 03-31-2018, 06:49 PM
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Will the spate of lawsuits against fringe media stop the flow of conspiracy theories?

Hope so. But then, where would Whell get his "news"?

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/30/medi...dit/index.html
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Old 04-01-2018, 07:12 PM
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I just sent this to the affiliate;

"I saw your Sinclair editorial team read word-for-word from the mandatory Sinclair directive you were ordered to follow to the letter. It is distressing to see our only local commercial network affiliate become a propaganda outlet for an odious political agenda, and an uncritical platform for a singularly toxic unqualified incompetent administration."
Keep up the criticism on all their public-facing outlets, it may be starting to have an effect. The local affiliates have some real journalists who are quite upset with this blatant propaganda.

http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/01/medi...mos/index.html
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Old 04-03-2018, 07:06 PM
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A Boston man who was falsely identified as the gunman in the Parkland school shooting by the conspiracy theory website InfoWars has filed a defamation suit against the site and its creator, Alex Jones, contending that the posts have exposed him to damaging volleys of online abuse and threats that show no sign of slowing down.

“Many harassers seem to believe my client is part of a false flag operation conducted by ‘the deep state’,” said attorney Mark Bankston, who is representing 24-year-old Marcel Fontaine in the suit filed on Monday in Travis county, Texas, where InfoWars is based.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ely-identified
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Old 04-03-2018, 09:02 PM
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Researchers say fake news had 'substantial impact' on 2016 election

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecur...-2016-election

We can thank Russia, Faux "News", and some very, very ignorant voters for the current moron president*.
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Old 04-04-2018, 11:31 AM
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Researchers say fake news had 'substantial impact' on 2016 election

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecur...-2016-election

We can thank Russia, Faux "News", and some very, very ignorant voters for the current moron president*.


I fear the influence of fake news will get worse before it gets better. Especially with a president who only believes and promotes fake news.
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Old 04-04-2018, 11:52 AM
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Fox & friends determining POTUS' agenda.
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-fox-fr...uential-755116
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/36...use-he-watches
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I've heard that the chyron (the crawling caption) operator on Fox & Friends (aka Three Dolts on a Couch) likely has more influence on Trump than anybody on his White House staff or Cabinet.
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Old 04-04-2018, 12:32 PM
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I've heard that the chyron (the crawling caption) operator on Fox & Friends (aka Three Dolts on a Couch) likely has more influence on Trump than anybody on his White House staff or Cabinet.


Kind of surprising since Trump can barely read. 😉
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Kind of surprising since Trump can barely read. 😉
Fox dumbs it down to about a 4th grade level for the viewers, including the Dotard.
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I read a piece yesterday where Jimmy Kimmel has kids on his show competing to spell (as in misspell) like Trump. $100 a pop it seems.
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