BuzzFeed Now Looking to Institutional Dems to Police a Phantom Surge of Lefty Fake News https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/02/06/buzzfeed-now-looking-to-institutional-dems-to-combat-a-phantom-surge-of-lefty-fake-news/ …
Do you think it's less accurate that journos being forced to work with pathological liars as spox?
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See the entire fake news scare is based off unbelievably ahistoric notions of what "news" is. It's a sham.
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At least then we can put a name on the assertion? FWIW I also abhor anonymous sourcing except in the rarest of circumstances
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What name do you want to use?
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The name of the person making the assertion. A reasonable idea they are who they say they are. Truth of claims is separate.
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It has a name. Rogue POTUS Staff.
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And the second part? You don't think verifying sources matters?
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What is your goal? I mean, do you think if you can trace every claim back to Kellyanne you'll get "truth"?
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Of course not. Thanks for engaging, I will continue to read.
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Not to be dismissive. But model of knowledge our press expectations built on overclaims "truth" claims.
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