I disagree with McCain on substance but... It's legit political opinion to say that in reference to Aleppo.
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So, yes, you're making a completely deterministic thing that can be proven false by 100s of examples.
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Again, you might want to make an arg abt "algo-driven misinfo." But wow. You can't just claim journalism exempt.
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this more or less confirms my suspicion "fake news" is a power-serving tautology designed to indemnify mainstream media.
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Trad media is overly focused on fake news to indemnify itself; that I'd agree. Still doesn't make it same issue.
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@zeynep@emptywheel@adamjohnsonNYC Could your definition of#FakeNews invoke George Constanza vs Stephen Glass?@NewRepublicpic.twitter.com/2Za9jRW5tW
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@zeynep@emptywheel@adamjohnsonNYC Century-old@NewRepublic is traditional journalism but its Stephen Glass articles were fake news.
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Millions of Americans still believe Iraq had WMDs. To you: So what? The stories were retracted. holyfuck
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That's not my position whatsoever.
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WaPo, fake news scold, duped twice since election on Russia, PropOrNot & VT. Your argument is semantic.
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