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Sorry, but there actually are people who admit to writing fake news: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-

Sorry, but there actually are people who admit to writing fake news: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503...

blhack 10y ago
Yes: http://www.nationalenquirer.com/ http://www.nationalenquirer.com/ I mean, obviously: http://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/barack-michelle-obama-divorce-separation-plans/ http://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/barack-michelle-obama...
caseysoftware 10y ago
Yes: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-times-reporter-who-resigned-leaves-long-trail-of-deception.html http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-t... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Duranty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Duranty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism The first two were both NYT journalists - one a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1932 - and the third covers the 1890s, so let's stop acting like it's new, unique, or exists exclusively on one side or the other. This is how much of the modern press started.
- jacalata 10y ago
  Do I understand correctly that you would like to take back your earlier claim: >Whether you agree or not, if you ask any suspect if they're guilty, the answer is "No!"
  - sooheon 10y ago
    I'm sorry but even I don't follow your logic. AFAICT your parent is simply pointing out the pot calling the kettle black.
    - croon 10y ago
      He's saying that if the "suspect" is NYT, then his logic fails because they're reporting on their own fake news.
      - DonaldFoss 10y ago
        I believe the parent poster is saying that fake news isn't a new phenomena; I don't believe it was condemnation of any specific news outlet. Any search of history can find fake news going way back; the difference today is the ease of producing it and how easy it is to spread rapidly.

blhack 10y ago

Yes: http://www.nationalenquirer.com/ http://www.nationalenquirer.com/ I mean, obviously: http://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/barack-michelle-obama-divorce-separation-plans/ http://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/barack-michelle-obama...

caseysoftware 10y ago

Yes: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-times-reporter-who-resigned-leaves-long-trail-of-deception.html http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-t... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Duranty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Duranty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism The first two were both NYT journalists - one a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1932 - and the third covers the 1890s, so let's stop acting like it's new, unique, or exists exclusively on one side or the other. This is how much of the modern press started.

jacalata 10y ago
Do I understand correctly that you would like to take back your earlier claim: >Whether you agree or not, if you ask any suspect if they're guilty, the answer is "No!"
- sooheon 10y ago
  I'm sorry but even I don't follow your logic. AFAICT your parent is simply pointing out the pot calling the kettle black.
  - croon 10y ago
    He's saying that if the "suspect" is NYT, then his logic fails because they're reporting on their own fake news.
    - DonaldFoss 10y ago
      I believe the parent poster is saying that fake news isn't a new phenomena; I don't believe it was condemnation of any specific news outlet. Any search of history can find fake news going way back; the difference today is the ease of producing it and how easy it is to spread rapidly.