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One nuance might be that those are two difference senses of fake news. In one case, we have news that is wrong. In another case, we have an insult aimed at repo
by nuclearnice3 4y ago
One nuance might be that those are two difference senses of fake news.
In one case, we have news that is wrong.
In another case, we have an insult aimed at reporting that we don't like, regardless of accuracy.
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y agoI haven't trusted the news since the time I participated in manipulating local news stations to create stories about jenkem. More modern equivalent is Momo. It's all fake
- kragen 4y agoThis sounds interesting! What did you do?
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y agoSome of us from the forum totse emailed local news stations, schools, and police departments pretending to be concerned parents. I wrote my high school and local news and said that my child was using jenkem and linked to an article from a local news station from somewhere else in the country to kind of back up my claims. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jenkem/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jenkem/
- kragen 4y agoWow, so jenkem was largely a TOTSE creation? Do you have any idea how the original stories from Africa got started — were there TOTSE members in Zambia?
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y agoThere's a BBC article from 1999 about jenkem in Africa. It's messed up and sad. Someone saw that and turned it into a meme. Jenkem in America was a totse creation http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/406067.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/406067.stm
- kragen 4y agoI suspect jenkem in Zambia was also a hoax
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y agoI hope so. I found the author's email address. I'll ask her
- kragen 4y agodid you find out?