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You know why this is fake news, because: > I witnessed a terrorist attack in Charlottesville. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/21/fake-news-char

You know why this is fake news, because: > I witnessed a terrorist attack in Charlottesville. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/21/fake-news-charlottesville-215514 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/21/fake-news-... > Fields has already been charged with second-degree murder, ... http://wtvr.com/2017/08/18/james-fields-jr-charged-with-5-additional-felonies-in-charlottesville-car-attack/ http://wtvr.com/2017/08/18/james-fields-jr-charged-with-5-ad... > Murder ... by any willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing ... is murder of the first degree... . All [other murder] is murder of the second degree... . https://vacode.org/2016/18.2/4/1/18.2-32/ https://vacode.org/2016/18.2/4/1/18.2-32/ The 2nd degree murder charge means that the killing was NOT "willful, deliberate, and premeditated." Of course, the author is not actually saying that Fields is an accidental terrorist. The author isn't saying Fields used violence to pursue a political aim without any willful, deliberate, and premeditated intent to do so. The author is lying. The author is trying to trick readers into assuming facts which are not. That's why it's fake news.

wyldfire 9y ago
> You know why this is fake news You have distorted the meaning of this term. It was originally applied to fly-by-night online "publications" who have no background or experience in journalism making spurious claims later shown to have no backing evidence. This is an eyewitness account of an attack (the authr does describe it as terrorism, yes) and later the response to their account and video recording. The video substantiates his account and the response is likely backed with evidence (police report regarding white powder, etc). You dispute the author's claim that it should be called terrorism. That's pretty subtle overall IMO, and does not make the article or the publication worthy of being described as "fake news." Please choose another term, like "hyperbole" or "exaggeration".
yorwba 9y ago
> The 2nd degree murder charge means that the killing was NOT "willful, deliberate, and premeditated." The choice of charge just means that the prosecution is not yet convinced that it was a planned attack, as opposed to a spontaneous decision. Additional evidence might cause them to change their mind. In any case, it does indicate that they do not regard it as an accident. Is a Muslim man who gets enraged by a gay couple kissing and stabs them an Islamist terrorist? I have no idea, but he might very well be tied to an organized movement that encouraged his behavior, and then I'd definitely call it terrorism, even if it wasn't the result of long-term planning.
glenra 9y ago
(regarding the merely second-degree murder charge) It's still possible the driver was motivated by fear for his life - that the driver was trying to get away from protestors rather than trying to kill them. The video here even provides a little supporting evidence for that perspective - notice how ~4 seconds in, you see and hear a protestor standing to the left of where the car passes WHACKS THE REAR OF THE CAR WITH A BAT.

wyldfire 9y ago

> You know why this is fake news You have distorted the meaning of this term. It was originally applied to fly-by-night online "publications" who have no background or experience in journalism making spurious claims later shown to have no backing evidence. This is an eyewitness account of an attack (the authr does describe it as terrorism, yes) and later the response to their account and video recording. The video substantiates his account and the response is likely backed with evidence (police report regarding white powder, etc). You dispute the author's claim that it should be called terrorism. That's pretty subtle overall IMO, and does not make the article or the publication worthy of being described as "fake news." Please choose another term, like "hyperbole" or "exaggeration".

yorwba 9y ago

> The 2nd degree murder charge means that the killing was NOT "willful, deliberate, and premeditated." The choice of charge just means that the prosecution is not yet convinced that it was a planned attack, as opposed to a spontaneous decision. Additional evidence might cause them to change their mind. In any case, it does indicate that they do not regard it as an accident. Is a Muslim man who gets enraged by a gay couple kissing and stabs them an Islamist terrorist? I have no idea, but he might very well be tied to an organized movement that encouraged his behavior, and then I'd definitely call it terrorism, even if it wasn't the result of long-term planning.

glenra 9y ago

(regarding the merely second-degree murder charge) It's still possible the driver was motivated by fear for his life - that the driver was trying to get away from protestors rather than trying to kill them. The video here even provides a little supporting evidence for that perspective - notice how ~4 seconds in, you see and hear a protestor standing to the left of where the car passes WHACKS THE REAR OF THE CAR WITH A BAT.