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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016

      1. "Fake news" did play a role in the election but different than what is commonly considered.

      12 replies 49 retweets 96 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      2. Methodology of this BuzzFeed article has been criticized but it does demonstrate how popular fake news is: https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/viral-fake-election-news-outperformed-real-news-on-facebook?utm_term=.nolLzDkzl#.adPY4Oj48 …

      1 reply 17 retweets 38 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016
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      3. Key takeaway from BuzzFeed is that pro-Trump anti-Clinton fake news really took off about 3 months before election.

      5 replies 33 retweets 60 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016
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      4. In other words, the fake news wasn't a constant at election but really solidified when the choice became Trump versus Clinton.

      6 replies 17 retweets 59 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016
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      5. As per @jayrosen_nyu theory: fake news proliferated when you had a large body of Republicans who needed to rationalize their candidate

      4 replies 100 retweets 159 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016
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      6. In other words, fake news is a demand side story, rather than a supply side (Macedonian teens, Facebook) one.

      8 replies 68 retweets 128 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016
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      7. Partisans who had doubts about Trump (i.e. most GOP) needed stories that made Clinton beyond the pale (i.e. she gave money to ISIS)

      4 replies 46 retweets 99 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016
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      8. This fake news onslaught undermined the Clinton camp's bid to win over moderate Republicans. Most GOP ended up voting for Trump.

      7 replies 34 retweets 66 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016

      9. And the fake news was heightened when it found echoes in stories in real press (i.e email scandal).

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016
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          10. I pursue this argument in greater depth here:https://newrepublic.com/article/138851/fake-news-isnt-problem …

          2 replies 32 retweets 67 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2016
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          11. Fake news also had an impact because the Clinton campaign had too narrow a message, that Donald Trump is a bad man (racist/sexist etc.)

          3 replies 22 retweets 56 likes
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        1. Seantifa‏ @PapaBowflex 18 Nov 2016
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          there were lots of fake news articles rife with links to Wikileaks emails that had absolutely no relation to original story

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        1. m‏ @radmilibrarian 18 Nov 2016
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          Remember “Obama is the founder of ISIS”? Think that was a 😉 at the fake news consumers?

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