a loss of confidence in the mainstream media like this should lead to some self-examination. Instead they rush to hire epistemology bouncers
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
during the primaries it was real news--not fake news--that gave Trump $1.8 billion in free media http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/upshot/measuring-donald-trumps-mammoth-advantage-in-free-media.html …pic.twitter.com/eyNUUluz3S
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
it was real news--not fake news--that cut away from Sanders' policy speech in March to show Trump's empty podium http://fair.org/home/cable-news-covers-everyones-speech-but-sanders-who-made-the-mistake-of-discussing-policy/ …pic.twitter.com/J8wTImHLXw
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
it was real news owning corporation Comcast--not fake news--that gave Trump a TV show after yrs of anti-black racismhttp://www.alternet.org/trumps-racism-nothing-new-4-times-he-got-away-anti-black-smears …
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
It was real news--not fake news--that took the Comey letter nonstory and turned it into Watergate meets Teapot Domehttp://fair.org/home/the-comey-non-story-and-the-problem-of-meta-scandals/ …
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
it was real news--not fake news-- that let Trump peddle his racist birther lie for years under the auspices of "both sides" journalismpic.twitter.com/rRStfcPJgy
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
Either/or isn't useful What you are doing is what mass media does with fake news—use one problem to deny another (itself).
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Replying to @zeynep
I'm not suggesting it's either/or, I'm shifting emphasis to make a point that "real news" contributed to Trump in a meaningful way
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
That's not what that tweet stream is doing. It's "forget fake news, look at real news". That is wrong, counterproductive.
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Replying to @zeynep
I never said "forget fake news" why are you inventing quotes?
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