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They don't really care anymore as long as that sweet sweet ad revenue keeps rolling in. That's one thing I've noticed drives a lot of the fake news sites - the
by jrnichols 10y ago
They don't really care anymore as long as that sweet sweet ad revenue keeps rolling in.
That's one thing I've noticed drives a lot of the fake news sites - they're loaded with ads. Clearly that's their goal. If only we could get Google to cut off ad revenue to websites that are spreading made-up news.
Good recent example? This: http://archive.is/R5Z1J http://archive.is/R5Z1J
Fake news about Trump spread like wildfire. Even worse, the fake news sites were set up by a media company to advertise their new film. I think that's absolutely reprehensible behavior on their part.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/17/to-promote-film-20th-century-fox-created-fake-news-sites-with-fake-anti-trump-stories/?utm_term=.f3280a2625ab https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/1...
And it's all about the ad revenue.