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Which parts of their news is fake? Aside from some recent claims by the current Presidency (who claims that about any non-positive reference), I’m unaware that

Which parts of their news is fake? Aside from some recent claims by the current Presidency (who claims that about any non-positive reference), I’m unaware that they’ve invented anything, in part or in full, to claim it as news. They may be annoying as all get-out in some aspects of their overall operation, but you’re claiming they make shit up?

a_tractor 8y ago
Do you not yet understand that the term "fake news" does not strictly refer to news that is literally fake and made up, or is that just a straw-man that makes it easier to be dismissive? Fake news features, but is not limited to: The "half-truth," a deceptive statement made by using some, but not all, elements of the truth. The Big Lie Technique (also the Bold Faced Lie; "Staying on Message."): The contemporary fallacy of repeating a lie, fallacy, slogan, talking-point, nonsense-statement or deceptive half-truth over and over in different forms (particularly in the media) until it becomes part of daily discourse and people accept it without further proof or evidence. Information Cascade, "in which people echo the opinions of others, usually online, even when their own opinions or exposure to information contradicts that opinion. When information cascades form a pattern, this pattern can begin to overpower later opinions by making it seem as if a consensus already exists." Confirmation Bias: the common tendency to notice, search out, select and share evidence that confirms one's own standpoint and beliefs, as opposed to contrary evidence. Whatever narrative the mainstream media is pushing may be "based in facts" while remaining incomplete, inaccurate, and, overall, false. Finally, considering the fact that the sources for 90% of information media likely to be consumed by the average person are owned by 5 or 6 consolidated corporations, the idea that they would not and have not abused this incredible power is easily one of the most naive and deliberately ignorant statements a person could make in 2019, especially in the information age just as they are finally being exposed.

a_tractor 8y ago

Do you not yet understand that the term "fake news" does not strictly refer to news that is literally fake and made up, or is that just a straw-man that makes it easier to be dismissive? Fake news features, but is not limited to: The "half-truth," a deceptive statement made by using some, but not all, elements of the truth. The Big Lie Technique (also the Bold Faced Lie; "Staying on Message."): The contemporary fallacy of repeating a lie, fallacy, slogan, talking-point, nonsense-statement or deceptive half-truth over and over in different forms (particularly in the media) until it becomes part of daily discourse and people accept it without further proof or evidence. Information Cascade, "in which people echo the opinions of others, usually online, even when their own opinions or exposure to information contradicts that opinion. When information cascades form a pattern, this pattern can begin to overpower later opinions by making it seem as if a consensus already exists." Confirmation Bias: the common tendency to notice, search out, select and share evidence that confirms one's own standpoint and beliefs, as opposed to contrary evidence. Whatever narrative the mainstream media is pushing may be "based in facts" while remaining incomplete, inaccurate, and, overall, false. Finally, considering the fact that the sources for 90% of information media likely to be consumed by the average person are owned by 5 or 6 consolidated corporations, the idea that they would not and have not abused this incredible power is easily one of the most naive and deliberately ignorant statements a person could make in 2019, especially in the information age just as they are finally being exposed.