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This is inconsequential. People ARE dying, that part isn't made up. It would be fake news if there had been no casualties and pictures from other wars were used
by hooande 5y ago
This is inconsequential. People ARE dying, that part isn't made up. It would be fake news if there had been no casualties and pictures from other wars were used to assert that there had been.
Fake news is largely defined by context and degree. Details can matter, a lot, in specific situations. This isn't one of those situations.
- tryonenow 5y agoIt is absolutely consequential if you give any priority to credibility. It is consequential when such images from other conflicts are used to exaggerate or otherwise mislead - and if a journalist is willing to use unrelated material then all of their work is suspect. Integrity is black and white. You write truthfully or you don't - and frankly most outlets today don't. But they'll be the first to tell you that the other side has a fake news problem.
- fortran77 5y agoI think this attitude is terrible. Facts matter. You think lies are OK, and that's not right.