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Eko

(7,336 posts)
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 09:55 PM Feb 2016

Fact Checking Absurd Memes Attacking Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

"One of the driving forces behind this wealth of misinformation we see in today’s society are Internet memes. While memes can be great ways to share information to the masses, the downside is that they can often make inaccurate information seem credible. And being that most people who share memes never investigate the truthfulness of them (most typically just seeing something with which they agree, then click “share” or “retweet”), that misinformation then becomes “fact” for tens of thousands – if not millions. If you want to support or dislike a particular candidate, or political party, that’s fine – just be sure you’re doing so based on factual information. That being said, I thought I’d fact check a few of the most common anti-Hillary Clinton and anti-Bernie Sanders memes I see people sharing."

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/fact-checking-some-of-the-most-absurd-anti-hillary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders-memes/

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