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Nobody would believe any of this crap if it weren't for the media. The American media sucks and has 100% caused this issue. The problem isn't just "fake news" i
by nv-vn 10y ago
Nobody would believe any of this crap if it weren't for the media. The American media sucks and has 100% caused this issue. The problem isn't just "fake news" in the sense that people can share whatever "news" they want on Facebook. The problem is that we're told to trust the news when they're equally guilty of sharing fake information -- obviously, a lot of the things Trump voters believe in have been reported by Fox. Many of the things Clinton voters believe in have been reported by CNN. While fake news is certainly cropping up on Facebook, the root of the problem is the fact that none of these sources are really that much less trustworthy than the "real media".
Anyways, it's the news that created the two-sidedness of the current political atmosphere, which is what led to the whole problem of conservative/liberal echochambers (that allow for fake news to spread so rapidly).
All these articles seem to say, "look what everybody else believes because of things other people said." It would be far more interesting to see an article about, "look what all our readers believe because of things we've said."