3 ms·

Exactly, the reality is that there isn't really such a thing as "news" because it's always been opinionated. Fox news, CNN, etc have always been fake to a degre

Exactly, the reality is that there isn't really such a thing as "news" because it's always been opinionated. Fox news, CNN, etc have always been fake to a degree in that they aren't reporting core facts with no bias. Even when I see local news broadcasts about things that aren't political in nature they still use alarmist tactics to try to elicit emotions in the viewer. Many supposed news articles will present some facts but then try to infer things by asking questions or saying things like, "this may lead to x" without any source to back up this claim. The reality is that real news is boring as it's just presenting facts and letting people draw their own conclusions and I have never seen this be the way that news is presented in America at any point in my life. If we could somehow get to that point I think things would be much better.

dalbasal 9y ago
I think you guys are looking past the point. The definition of “Fake News,” that was being used when it started “trending” and the definition FB are now using in their anti-fakenews efforts is not inaccurate news, bad news, biased news or anything like that. It refers to a simple, common sense meaning of “fake.” Articles pretending to be news: written by a fictional journalists in a fictional publication, citing fictional sources at a fictional address. Fake news did quickly become an insult that everyone (especially you -know-who) uses to flavour their scorn of regular news. …like the way “fraud,” or “whore” are used as insults. This is not some impossibly abstract conversation about truth. It’s a simple conversation about spam.
- tambienben 9y ago
  So if I'm still being emailed promotions for penile enhancement today, how are we going to regulate those promotions on a government level? I'm genuinely asking. I don't intend for my question to be a slight against your argument.
  - dalbasal 9y ago
    I don't know if regulations are necessary or useful here. I think you should buy the penis pills. Let me know if they're good
    - tambienben 9y ago
      My point being that if the issue is spam, as you say, then why is spam-news different?

dalbasal 9y ago

I think you guys are looking past the point. The definition of “Fake News,” that was being used when it started “trending” and the definition FB are now using in their anti-fakenews efforts is not inaccurate news, bad news, biased news or anything like that. It refers to a simple, common sense meaning of “fake.” Articles pretending to be news: written by a fictional journalists in a fictional publication, citing fictional sources at a fictional address. Fake news did quickly become an insult that everyone (especially you -know-who) uses to flavour their scorn of regular news. …like the way “fraud,” or “whore” are used as insults. This is not some impossibly abstract conversation about truth. It’s a simple conversation about spam.

tambienben 9y ago
So if I'm still being emailed promotions for penile enhancement today, how are we going to regulate those promotions on a government level? I'm genuinely asking. I don't intend for my question to be a slight against your argument.
- dalbasal 9y ago
  I don't know if regulations are necessary or useful here. I think you should buy the penis pills. Let me know if they're good
  - tambienben 9y ago
    My point being that if the issue is spam, as you say, then why is spam-news different?