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The first "fake news" I remember seeing was about a year ago, and it was completely apolitical - it was a made-up story about a multiple-fatality car crash in m
by caf 10y ago
The first "fake news" I remember seeing was about a year ago, and it was completely apolitical - it was a made-up story about a multiple-fatality car crash in my city. When I investigated the source, it had several exact copies of the same article, just set in different cities around the world.
At the time I was completely bewildered as to the motive behind this, but I can only assume that it's the ad money, as paltry as that would seem. Coler's protestations notwithstanding.
- nickfromseattle 10y agoI was tricked by KNP7.com. If you search "Eminem moves to {city name}" the exact same article appears for multiple cities including Seattle, New York and probably dozens of other cities.
- knowaveragejoe 10y agoIn that case it's likely a script generating these to catch people in google searches. "Fake news" for sure, but not politically motivated.
- angry-hacker 10y agoI think (all) the ad networks are the grandfathers of fake news. Maybe it's not news, but with "native advertising" the trend to forward folks to a blog post about this AMAZING PRODUCT instead of shopping cart started. I blame Taboola!
- pcunite 10y agoI've seen the big networks doing this as well. All very strange. Seems to be leading up to something.
- InclinedPlane 10y agoTraditional fake news, tabloids, was based on a different market, but it's the same premise: generating ad revenue. Eyes are dollars, if you can attract eyes then you can earn dollars, the only limits are your ethical boundaries and creativity. Yet another reason why ad supported media is an extremely problematic situation.