There is no, and never was, "perfect news." Pls stop referring to every mode of failure of news as "fake news". Conflation is not analysis.
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Also, description of original WaPo hack story is inaccurate. It was a technical problem AND rush to publish anon leak w/o journalism
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WaPo ran an anon leak w/o contacting utility.
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Dumb, opportunistic jumping at sensational story. Newsroom economics. Retracted. Still not "Hmm, how about Pope Endorses Trump".
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Sure. Just noting that your description of this was inaccurate. You need to include the failure to do basic journalism.
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Did you ever answer my Bret Baier question?
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? didn't see.
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jumping in here to say I think there's a meaningful difference between "bad journalism" and "fake news"
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That's exactly my point though you can always find gray/vague examples.
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Wapos fake news started a war in Iraq. A Macedonian kid making up crap about the pope didn't
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Fake news misinforms even those not yet shaped by trad'l news media. Remember that study w middle schoolers?
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I'll add this to the conversation.http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/this-is-what-its-like-to-read-fake-news-for-two-weeks-214591 …
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