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The gray zone expands even more with the lesser-known satire sites, which sometimes have a mix of articles that are obviously satire, and some that aren't. For
by dimfeld 10y ago
The gray zone expands even more with the lesser-known satire sites, which sometimes have a mix of articles that are obviously satire, and some that aren't.
For example, I've seen a few articles shared as truth from "World News Daily Report," which played it so straight that I would have considered it "fake news" if I hadn't seen the satire disclaimer tucked at the bottom of the page. Other articles on that same site are much more obviously satirical though. I tend to blame this on poor writing rather than malice, though you can probably make a decent counterargument.
Some sort of "possibly false" notice attached to links like these, rather than just a "block or not" decision, seems like it would strike a nice balance here.