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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 11 Jan 2017

    The Real Story About Fake News Is Political tribalism. http://nyti.ms/2ijNDzk  via @UpshotNYT

    9:55 AM - 11 Jan 2017
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      2. Christian Delante‏ @DelanteMedia 11 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @UpshotNYT

        At least, there must be agreement on basic objective reality. There isn't. The implications of this can't be overstated

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      3. Christian Delante‏ @DelanteMedia 11 Jan 2017
        Replying to @DelanteMedia @sapinker @UpshotNYT

        And there are actors who are purposely subverting reality itself. "We can't know anything. So believe what feels good."

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      1. K.B.‏ @_righthojeeves 11 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @UpshotNYT @nytimes

        the political is now personal

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      1. Al_Uzza44‏ @AlUzza44 16 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @UpshotNYT

        Sorry. this is the not the "real" story. Trace voting records - the right has gone off the rails, the left is unchanged

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      1. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle 13 Jan 2017
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        @keithkloor @UpshotNYT @nytimes Ideology is poison to reason.

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      1. Leoncio Estevez‏ @lwestevez 12 Jan 2017
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        Facism anyone?

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      1. Leoncio Estevez‏ @lwestevez 12 Jan 2017
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        run 2 team experiment:1 pushing fact, 2 fiction. If followers of 2 dismiss fact, outcome will depend on might

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      1. Aaron Davis‏ @AaronDa44194950 11 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @UpshotNYT @nytimes

        Does partisanship still exist? Both parties are despised by masses. Ideological tribalism more apt I think.

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      1. Pigoon Rancher‏ @pigoonrancher 11 Jan 2017
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        More false equivalence???? Quiz time: which "tribe" sent an armed crackpot to a neighborhood pizza shop??

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      1. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 11 Jan 2017
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        Various factions have always manufactured news, and the mainstream media have aided and abetted such.

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      1. Charles Hall‏ @TaylorCHall 11 Jan 2017
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        I have seen fake news on both sides. I must say though, it has heavily favored Hillary more than Trump in my experience

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      1.  ❌Deplorabot  ❤️ 🇺🇸‏ @buybuydandavis 11 Jan 2017
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        The Real Story: Leftist Lie

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      1. Stanislav Mihulka‏ @MihulkaS 11 Jan 2017
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        Russia plays "partisan cards" intentionally

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      1. Frank Church‏ @FrankChurch5 11 Jan 2017
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        Kinship

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