it is 100% factually false to say US has "done nothing" in Syria.Yet its published (as oped but fact checked) is this not fake news?
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Can't do a 140 definition; working on longer material. Definitely want to differentiate trad journalism failure.
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do you believe "traditional journalism" cannot, by definition, publish fake news?
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It fails in different ways than what got called "fake news" does. It can fail horribly. But not same. That's it.
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So, yes, you're making a completely deterministic thing that can be proven false by 100s of examples.
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Again, you might want to make an arg abt "algo-driven misinfo." But wow. You can't just claim journalism exempt.
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When Megyn Kelly says Jesus is white, is that real news?
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No. Please don't quote out of context.
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Isn't the "intention" real criteria here? If publisher doesn't care if true or not = fake
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