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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Replying to @zeynep
Again, the reason fake news has gained purchase recently is bc of major fail at traditional media. They cannot be separated.
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Replying to @emptywheel @zeynep
And WaPo more than any other outlet has to live by the terms it has adopted. It failed its own fake news criteria here.
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Replying to @emptywheel
No it hasn't. Different mode of failure. So obviously so that I'm not sure there can be a serious discussion.
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Replying to @zeynep
Please don't rebut ideas that are widely held but with which you don't agree w/nothing but disdain. You're better than that.
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Replying to @emptywheel
I'm disagreeing with the current widespread trend of calling every mode of news failure "fake news".
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But when you do that you also dismiss discussion of causality involved. You don't get fake news if traditional journo = credible.
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