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The problem wasn't with the "fake news", whatever that even means. The problem was that the so-called "real news" sites were lying through their teeth non-stop
by toss1941 10y ago
The problem wasn't with the "fake news", whatever that even means. The problem was that the so-called "real news" sites were lying through their teeth non-stop all election.
- jrockway 10y agoCare to provide some specifics?
- toss1941 10y agoSeveral studies have been done on the positive or negative connotations of articles[0]. Various studies have been done on which candidate journalists themselves contribute to[1]. That journalists lean left/far left isn't disputable. Whether that colors their reporting on the other hand, might be. The biggest lie that the media can tell while staying in business is 'lying by omission'. It was on display during the recent 60 Minutes interview where Lesley Stahl asked Trump about his supporters attacking anti-trump protestors. That's a fair question by itself, but why if a few isolated incidents evokes their curiousity, why wasn't the media talking about the other 90% of the violence that was perpetrated by anti-Trump protesters? Lying by omission was a constant drumbeat this cycle and they won't be trusted by the average American as a whole for a very long time[2]. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/20/is-the-media-biased-toward-clinton-or-trump-heres-some-actual-hard-data/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/2... [1] http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-media-bias-journalists-overwhelmingly-donated-to-hillary-clinton/article/2604762 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-media-bias-journalist... [2] http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/poll-70-percent-of-americans-believe-news-media-is-intentionally-biased/article/2567583 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/poll-70-percent-of-america...