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> We're meant to accept those fake viral stories [snip] And now /you/ are calling those reports fake without presenting credible evidence. How does a misguided

• makomk 10y ago
  It doesn't, the fact that more reputable news organisations have contacted the local police and they've confirmed that several of the most prominent reports are fake does.[1] Ultimately the problem isn't that any one particular story turned out to be false, it's that social media spreads the most incendiary, terrifying stories regardless of truth and there's an atmosphere of hostility towards anyone questioning them. (Though this did lead to the confirmed fakes being the most successful, viral hate crime claims I saw post-election.) [1] http://reason.com/blog/2016/11/11/election-night-hijab-attack-false http://reason.com/blog/2016/11/11/election-night-hijab-attac... is a reasonable summary.
  • dao- 10y ago
    Thanks for the link. This seems to be a mix of straight-out fakes, misunderstandings, inaccuracies, missing police reports (not necessarily a proof for anything) etc. Is there an analyses that goes a bit further, maybe looking at the top X shared stories and counting how many of them turned out to be false vs. how many could be confirmed vs. how many we just can't proof or disproof? I think something like that would be needed to make a blanket statement like "those fake viral stories."