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    Adriaan Basson‏Verified account @AdriaanBasson 9 Oct 2018

    Exposed: How corporates are funding fake news via @News24 https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/exposed-how-corporates-are-funding-fake-news-20181009 … #FakeNews ⁦@SAEditorsForum⁩

    3:05 AM - 9 Oct 2018
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    • dorisexposer cindy Billson Riaan Grobler 🇿🇦 Goolam Bullish.......Kind of!!! Jason Robinson Teboho Mohaese 😎 lindsay manthey Tebogo Khaas
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      1. Sam Sole‏ @SamSoleZA 9 Oct 2018
        Replying to @AdriaanBasson @News24 @SAEditorsForum

        Note Google's total lack of accountability.

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      1. SAMI‏ @SouthAfrican_MI 9 Oct 2018
        Replying to @AdriaanBasson @News24 @SAEditorsForum

        Can hardly blame them when it’s google that decides which adverts are served to which site and to whom it is served. A bit sensationalist this.

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      2. E.‏ @E_111_M 9 Oct 2018
        Replying to @AdriaanBasson @News24 @SAEditorsForum

        terribly misleading and seemingly malicious headline.

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      3. Wayne Kitching‏ @w_kitching 9 Oct 2018
        Replying to @E_111_M @AdriaanBasson and

        Yes, that is why some people call traditional media fake (because of misleading headlines).

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      1. fighter‏ @mczuks 9 Oct 2018
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        ?

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      1. denim‏ @anbutteredllama 9 Oct 2018
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        Yeah... Who funds your "truth" huh?pic.twitter.com/vO2IXUw10E

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      2. Luke Johnstone  🟧 ⬛‏ @Lukestonehm 9 Oct 2018
        Replying to @AdriaanBasson @News24 @SAEditorsForum

        News24 is guilty of printing plenty of fake news. So much so, that I doubt the claims made in the linked article

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      3. E.‏ @E_111_M 9 Oct 2018
        Replying to @Lukestonehm @AdriaanBasson and

        Make sure we are not complicit in this heinous crime: https://adblockplus.org  FTW.

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      1. Jonathan Wright‏ @JonathanHFW 9 Oct 2018
        Replying to @AdriaanBasson @News24 @SAEditorsForum

        I can't believe I have the News24 app to read garbage like this.

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