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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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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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 @adamjohnsonNYC
1-You can make all the points about real news. Literally one mention of "don't just focus on fake news" would do.
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Replying to @zeynep @adamjohnsonNYC
Instead; "It was real news, not fake news" etc. etc. You believe this is good method for understanding?
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Replying to @zeynep
I think "fake news" has a manifestly slippery definition that no one can pin down, including you.
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
Actually, I can. It has gotten conflated with tons of other stuff but that's not useful.
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My objection is to this framing: "It was real news--not fake news". Why bother doing this? Talk about news media.
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Replying to @zeynep @adamjohnsonNYC
There is also distortion, opinion, etc. Sure. Most everything is on a continuum. You can still identify phenomenon.
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