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Sounds like you disagree with the author about the implications of the news. So read from a paper with a different editorial angle. Having different political o

Sounds like you disagree with the author about the implications of the news. So read from a paper with a different editorial angle. Having different political opinions than the author doesn't make it fake. As to your question, fake news is news that is fake. Made up, fabricated. Here are some examples of fake news. Nancy Pelosi was thrown out of the House for being drunk. http://archive.is/CNjNG http://archive.is/CNjNG President Trump donated a billion dollars to the border wall http://archive.fo/dnstc http://archive.fo/dnstc The Democratic Party of Arizona revealed to be a front for a child sex trafficking ring. https://archive.fo/D8w9E https://archive.fo/D8w9E The NFL has banned the national anthem. https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2016/06/13321907_10153473208681020_8258419925018776225_n.jpg https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2016/06/13321907_101534732086... Obama banned 4th of July fireworks. https://www.truthorfiction.com/4th-july-fireworks-canceled-due-terrorism-fears/ https://www.truthorfiction.com/4th-july-fireworks-canceled-d... Pokemon's creator admits the game was invented to promote satanism. http://www.p4rgaming.com/pokemon-creator-admits-games-aimed-towards-satanists/ http://www.p4rgaming.com/pokemon-creator-admits-games-aimed-... George HW Bush was indicted post mortem for human trafficking (this one is weird) https://www.docdroid.net/S6vrLhN/hv1-indictment-george-herbert-walker-bush-gold-laundering-human-trafficking.pdf https://www.docdroid.net/S6vrLhN/hv1-indictment-george-herbe... The UN is taking direct control of all American cities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxWj0LySPB4&app=desktop&fbclid=IwAR1chSS4vAHfYTjLBdbct7Jcw45uyX9TlDhITj7IAc9WSduW3qzkjOekgRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxWj0LySPB4&app=desktop&fbcl... Chinese artillery is shelling the US west coast: San Diego and Tacoma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-unBq8QCqCU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-unBq8QCqCU It's not so much of an issue any more, but crap like this was ALL over the internet in 2015 and 2016, especially in conservative circles on Facebook. I lived in a heavily Republican area at the time, and had a lot of conservative friends who got taken in by it, and some of them never broke out of it, still believing that Snopes is a Jewish NWO front or whatever else the Macedonian huxters told them with an authoritative-looking website.

mistermann 8y ago
> As to your question, fake news is news that is fake. I believe that is called a tautology? The examples you give are examples of "a" form of fake news, but as far as I know there is no formal definition of it. My understanding is that a democrat coined the phrase to describe the type of fake news spouted by Republicans (your examples), it was then co-opted by Trump to describe news that implies something that is not based on actual facts, but rather uses clever narrative and specific word choices not to inform, but to persuade without technically lying. That's what this article is and once you learn the techniques and start reading with an eye out for them, you'll see how common this tactic is in today's media. If not read with a skeptical eye, this kind of article leaves the reader with a false impression of risk, and the article is based on statements from FDA officials that also communicate a false impression of risk. Perhaps I'll forgive a CNN reporter for stretching the truth a little (their livelihood is based on attracting attention, desperate times call for desperate measures and all that), but I think it's fair to hold an FDA commissioner to a higher standard, don't you think?

mistermann 8y ago

> As to your question, fake news is news that is fake. I believe that is called a tautology? The examples you give are examples of "a" form of fake news, but as far as I know there is no formal definition of it. My understanding is that a democrat coined the phrase to describe the type of fake news spouted by Republicans (your examples), it was then co-opted by Trump to describe news that implies something that is not based on actual facts, but rather uses clever narrative and specific word choices not to inform, but to persuade without technically lying. That's what this article is and once you learn the techniques and start reading with an eye out for them, you'll see how common this tactic is in today's media. If not read with a skeptical eye, this kind of article leaves the reader with a false impression of risk, and the article is based on statements from FDA officials that also communicate a false impression of risk. Perhaps I'll forgive a CNN reporter for stretching the truth a little (their livelihood is based on attracting attention, desperate times call for desperate measures and all that), but I think it's fair to hold an FDA commissioner to a higher standard, don't you think?