I'm old enough to remember when "fake news" were literally made-up news outlets peddling fictional articles, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news_website#Prominent_sources …
"Fake news" wasn't supposed to be "false news" or "reporting that upsets me". It was the likes of http://breaking.abcnewscom.co . Literal fake news
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As such, fake news is as easy to filter out automatically as junk emails that sell viagra. It doesn't require verifying reporting accuracy.
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I did a model with keras to detect junk news, published on
@machineboxio and we have some people interested on using it :D - Show replies
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Trump confuses news and PR.
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The difference has been intentionally blurred.
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