Want to try something different here... Please post examples of news articles that are literally 'fake news'... as in, outright propaganda or maliciously misleading. Not something you think is 'fake'... but provably 'fake'.
I have a sort of content I'm looking for in-mind... and I don't want this to be a place to drop news that you just don't like or disagree with. There are definitely better threads for that sort of discussion.
I'm going to post a few examples. When you contribute, it'd be cool if you fetch the actual headline of the story as you see it, then a brief description about why you think it belongs here. And, by all means, discuss the contributions!
While some examples here will likely be political in nature, all examples of 'fake news' should be included. Let's try to stick to somewhat "reputable" or "prominent" outlets, or we'll hit the page limit in a week!
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So this is from today, Gardner Harris at the New York Times.
Nikki Haley’s View of New York Is Priceless. Her Curtains? $52,701
What does this headline imply to you? Well, given the reaction to it on Reddit... Nikki Haley is an awful person, something about living rich, blah blah blah.
Well if you look past the headline to, oh, paragraph 6 (before the article was revised)...
Oh. So Trump and Haley didn't buy $52k curtains. It was actually ordered for the State Department in 2016, and she had no say in it, and the purchase would have gone forward regardless of who became President.
The NYT has just now revised the article, and included this. See, reviewing an article is supposed to happen before it's published.
So, while the content of the story has truth, even reasonable reasoning... the headline, implications, and intent behind it were 100% fake.
This was perpetuated by other outlets, of course... Including The Hill, and New York Post (which did not mention the 2016 date, or Obama administration.)
Even Jake Tapper of CNN went on to 'fact-check' this.
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1040601011247882240
I have a sort of content I'm looking for in-mind... and I don't want this to be a place to drop news that you just don't like or disagree with. There are definitely better threads for that sort of discussion.
I'm going to post a few examples. When you contribute, it'd be cool if you fetch the actual headline of the story as you see it, then a brief description about why you think it belongs here. And, by all means, discuss the contributions!
While some examples here will likely be political in nature, all examples of 'fake news' should be included. Let's try to stick to somewhat "reputable" or "prominent" outlets, or we'll hit the page limit in a week!
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So this is from today, Gardner Harris at the New York Times.
Nikki Haley’s View of New York Is Priceless. Her Curtains? $52,701
What does this headline imply to you? Well, given the reaction to it on Reddit... Nikki Haley is an awful person, something about living rich, blah blah blah.
Well if you look past the headline to, oh, paragraph 6 (before the article was revised)...
A spokesman for Ms. Haley said plans to buy the curtains were made in 2016, during the Obama administration. Ms. Haley had no say in the purchase, he said.
Oh. So Trump and Haley didn't buy $52k curtains. It was actually ordered for the State Department in 2016, and she had no say in it, and the purchase would have gone forward regardless of who became President.
The NYT has just now revised the article, and included this. See, reviewing an article is supposed to happen before it's published.
So, while the content of the story has truth, even reasonable reasoning... the headline, implications, and intent behind it were 100% fake.
This was perpetuated by other outlets, of course... Including The Hill, and New York Post (which did not mention the 2016 date, or Obama administration.)
Even Jake Tapper of CNN went on to 'fact-check' this.
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1040601011247882240
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