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"Fake news" is simply an excuse for introducing government control of media, which leads to political censorship. Otherwise government would not care about it m
by ycmbntrthrwaway 8y ago
"Fake news" is simply an excuse for introducing government control of media, which leads to political censorship. Otherwise government would not care about it more than average citizen do.
- orf 8y agoSure, but back in reality it's literal fake stories spread to a susceptible portion of the population by national or foreign interests to confirm their biases and influence their decisions. You can find numerous examples of this under the lists of Reddit accounts banned for this exact thing. "HILLARY IS PART OF A PEDOPHILE PIZZA GANG" "SETH RICHES HACKED THE DNC" "MUELLER IS INVESTIGATING HILLARY!!" "SOMETHING SOMETHING MUSLIMS ARE BAD"