1. "Fake news" did play a role in the election but different than what is commonly considered.
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 candidate4 replies 100 retweets 159 likes -
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6. In other words, fake news is a demand side story, rather than a supply side (Macedonian teens, Facebook) one.
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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)
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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.
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My gut: Comey had more impact on moderate Rs; "fake news" is just extension of RW-base email fwds that have been around forever
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Likely -- although the two factors played into each other.
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