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Fake news sites are not these evil-motivated Illuminati types trying push a global agenda, but they are desperate publishers just trying to make a buck. The wh
by bduerst 10y ago
Fake news sites are not these evil-motivated Illuminati types trying push a global agenda, but they are desperate publishers just trying to make a buck.
The whole "Clinton paid people to protest" stream was created by a fake news author, who even created a fake craigslist ad for their story. [1] They even bragged about it on reddit, claiming they think they helped Trump win the election because of the frequency of how millions of people shared their stories on Facebook.
Enough of these fake news stories circulating leads to swaying people's opinions to make statements such as the Clintons are "even more terrible than you think" without evidence.
[1] http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/17/blog-posting/no-someone-wasnt-paid-3500-protest-donald-trump-it/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/...
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