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It doesn't have to be literally false to misinform, and informing the public is (in my opinion) the main point of journalism. How erroneous/slanted does it have
by clickok 8y ago
It doesn't have to be literally false to misinform, and informing the public is (in my opinion) the main point of journalism.
How erroneous/slanted does it have to be before we can assert fakeness?
I think it's fair to say that if I have a worse understanding of the world as a result of consuming news media then that constitutes "fake news".
- pvg 8y agoIt has to be fake news to call it fake news. Simple term, simple criterion. If you want to talk about other ways in which news can be inaccurate, you can use one of the many terms for that. It is not 'fair to say' that something that isn't actually fake news is fake news. That's a weird thing to insist on when complaining about inaccuracies.