Posted on Dec 8, 2016
How do you distinguish between fake news and real news?
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There are fake news sites and there are news sites that make fakes out of real news. Sadly, it's hard to tell the difference.
Some fake news sites are blatantly so. Wikipedia provides a pretty good list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fake_news_websites
Then there are the satirical sites. They're easy to spot as well. Duffleblog is well known on RP and we all have a good laugh when someone responds as though they were fooled by their "news" stories.
Opinion blogs often uncover real news that real news sites choose not to reveal but it's hard to distinguish when the news they uncover is real or fakes that fooled them. Sadly, opinion columnists and bloggers are just as quick as we are to accept as truth something that sounds plausible (it fits our ideological narrative)
So, who are the real journalists these days. Regrettably, there don't seem to be many. Once trusted sources such as the major daily newspapers and broadcast TV networks have fallen under the pall of ideology.
That brings me back to my original question: How do you distinguish between fake news and real news?
Some fake news sites are blatantly so. Wikipedia provides a pretty good list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fake_news_websites
Then there are the satirical sites. They're easy to spot as well. Duffleblog is well known on RP and we all have a good laugh when someone responds as though they were fooled by their "news" stories.
Opinion blogs often uncover real news that real news sites choose not to reveal but it's hard to distinguish when the news they uncover is real or fakes that fooled them. Sadly, opinion columnists and bloggers are just as quick as we are to accept as truth something that sounds plausible (it fits our ideological narrative)
So, who are the real journalists these days. Regrettably, there don't seem to be many. Once trusted sources such as the major daily newspapers and broadcast TV networks have fallen under the pall of ideology.
That brings me back to my original question: How do you distinguish between fake news and real news?
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First for me...two or more reports from independent sources. Second...the smell test.
I remember when I was a kid the TV news and newspapers specifically identified content which was "op-ed". The rest was usually actual news, gathered by a reporter who went somewhere and asked questions, did research, and outlined what they found. I feel the difference today is that most sources/reporters START with the findings they want and deconstruct the issue until they tie it to what/who they want to expose.
I remember when I was a kid the TV news and newspapers specifically identified content which was "op-ed". The rest was usually actual news, gathered by a reporter who went somewhere and asked questions, did research, and outlined what they found. I feel the difference today is that most sources/reporters START with the findings they want and deconstruct the issue until they tie it to what/who they want to expose.
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Thomas Jefferson said alot of things I bet he didn't say!!
Edited: Must of type that in my sleep (didn't he said)
Edited: Must of type that in my sleep (didn't he said)
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