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The only question is why wasn't it everywhere before the election?

• michaelchisari 10y ago
  It most definitely was, but a heated, nearly year and a half long election provided a big economic opportunity for fake news.
• tomp 10y ago
  Because the mainstream media thought that Trump won't win, and articles attacking him were thought to be "enough". After he won, they needed a new propaganda strategy.
  • nommm-nommm 10y ago
    "Fake news" was news before Trump won the election
  • DonaldFisk 10y ago
    It was a bit complacent of them, and complaining now isn't going to affect the result. The existence of Macedonian web sites with completely made-up news stories was known about well before the US presidential election, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/24/facebook-clickbait-political-news-sites-us-election-trump https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/24/facebook-... This should have been a big story before the election, but it seems to have been barely reported on.