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would that be the end of the onion http://www.theonion.com/ http://www.theonion.com/ ? And what is defined as fake news ? These developments will prove really
by dvhh 10y ago
would that be the end of the onion http://www.theonion.com/ http://www.theonion.com/ ?
And what is defined as fake news ? These developments will prove really interesting.
- Tempest1981 10y agoThis page provides some examples of fake news: https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/partisan-fb-pages-analysis https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/partisan-fb-pages-an... "We rated 82 out of a total 666 right-wing Facebook posts as mostly false, for a percentage of 12.3%. Another 169 posts (25.4%) were rated as a mixture of true and false. Viewed separately or together (38%), this is an alarmingly high percentage."
- Frqy3 10y agoThe critical part is the difference in how those on the right and left rate articles that are viewed as right or left leaning. No prizes for guessing how that will turn out.
- Houshalter 10y agoI love the onion, but it's deeply disturbing how many people believe their articles are real. There is a small niche online of screenshots of people falling for them: http://literallyunbelievable.org/ http://literallyunbelievable.org/
- tscs37 10y agoI admit that I once fell for an article from the German-based equivalent of the Onion. I had a good laugh when I checked the domain though.
- m1sta_ 10y agoI'd be surprised if they couldn't identify satire sites.
- dvhh 10y agoSome people are not able to tell the difference ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion#Taken_seriously https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion#Taken_seriously ) , and on the other side of the coin, some website could hide behind the the veil of satire to bring fake news ( or maybe put this article as one offshot satire attempt ).