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Bear Creek

(883 posts) Mon Oct 31, 2016, 05:53 AM Oct 2016

Fake News

[link:http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/30/media/facebook-fake-news-plague/index.html|[link:http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/30/media/facebook-fake-news-plague/index.html|

Rightwing news sites are more likely to report fake news. The the Fake stories hurt the people who believe them and share them. The fakes stories reinforce the beliefs of mainly conservative voters and keep them in a bubble away from the truth. The stories reinforce the beliefs that people want to believe about the opposite party.
This pretty much is true from what I see at work and the stupids comments they make. They vett zero facts they spout. Google, snopes and hoax would clear up some but they do not even do that. There needs to be way to stop fake news sites. The one I see alot is NewsMax.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/30/media/facebook-fake-news-plague/index.html

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Fake News (Original Post) Bear Creek Oct 2016 OP

If it has "Patriot" in the name, you can bet it's a white wing site. Hoyt Oct 2016 #1

True Bear Creek Oct 2016 #2

The U.S.A. already had plenty of Nazi-style fascists before the war. hunter Oct 2016 #3

True Bear Creek Oct 2016 #4

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. If it has "Patriot" in the name, you can bet it's a white wing site.

Reply to Bear Creek (Original post)

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 06:11 AM

Oct 2016

I grew up with a bunch of white wingers, at least half of them remain that way today. I see junk they post that any fool could factcheck in a second if they really cared to spread the truth.

Bear Creek

(883 posts)

2. True

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 06:31 AM

Oct 2016

They all seem to be right wing. With this and all the things we see unfolding before our eyes makes Hillary quote about about the vast right wing conspiracy was true. It did not help that The United States allowed Nazis into our country after WWll. They brought them over because of science and to fight "communism".

hunter

(38,327 posts)

3. The U.S.A. already had plenty of Nazi-style fascists before the war.

Reply to Bear Creek (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 11:59 AM

Oct 2016

We still do.

A frightening amount of Nazi ideology originated in the United States.

Bear Creek

(883 posts)

4. True

Reply to hunter (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 03:53 PM

Oct 2016

The biggest problem has been the systematic descrimination that was institutionalised to keep the groups apart so they could be more easily controlled.

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