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Let's recap: - Misinterpreted real story, i.e. misinformation. - Clickbaity eye-catching headline, i.e. deliberate attempt to inflate readership and sharing.
by bigbugbag 10y ago
Let's recap:
- Misinterpreted real story, i.e. misinformation.
- Clickbaity eye-catching headline, i.e. deliberate attempt to inflate readership and sharing.
AFAIK writing misinformation so it will spread falls into the realm of fake news.
- NiceGuy_Ty 10y agoIMO there's a difference between fake news and opionated news. Fake news is stories like Ted Cruz's father being involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. There's nothing factually true in the story itself. This is an article that reports true facts and tries to subvert them to serve an agenda. Almost all mainstream media outlets do this to varying degrees. But that doesn't make this article fake news. Clickbaity title and opionated reporting != fake news.