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How is speculating not equal to fake?

• argonaut 10y ago
  Because it was clear from the article who the source was and that this was hearsay. Also the article updated itself with a rebuttal from Lattner. Fake news would not talk about who their source is. Fake news would not publish Lattner's denial. There is a difference between fake news and second-rate journalism. If someone doesn't think there is a difference, I'm guessing they also see the world in black and white.
  • pfarnsworth 10y ago
    Stop making up your own definition of "fake news." You're not some authority, you're just a random Internet user like everyone else.
• iwintermute 10y ago
  Speculation (if it's clearly marked as such) - is just an "entertainment" piece - for example, you could write in your blog what are the next features for iOS without any clear sources - that would be just speculating about. Fake news - news that has wrong info as facts or provide something as sourced when the original source never said that. I think that's rather huge difference (speculation from some outsider can still by chance be true, fake is by definition false)