There is no, and never was, "perfect news." Pls stop referring to every mode of failure of news as "fake news". Conflation is not analysis.
-
-
Replying to @zeynep
Again, the reason fake news has gained purchase recently is bc of major fail at traditional media. They cannot be separated.
2 replies 21 retweets 72 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel @zeynep
And WaPo more than any other outlet has to live by the terms it has adopted. It failed its own fake news criteria here.
1 reply 8 retweets 49 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
No it hasn't. Different mode of failure. So obviously so that I'm not sure there can be a serious discussion.
4 replies 1 retweet 13 likes -
Replying to @zeynep @emptywheel
Reports story without sufficient techical understanding—then retracts. Can't tell that from "Pope endorses Trump" at click farm?
9 replies 2 retweets 21 likes -
Replying to @zeynep @emptywheel
PS. (WaPo's won fake news story was garbage—but that also doesn't make the fraudulent clicks/misinformation farms non-existent).
2 replies 2 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
PPS: WaPo's failures are far more dangerous to democracy.
5 replies 8 retweets 62 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel @zeynep
Yup. WaPo goaded VT politicians into issuing incendiary anti-Putin statements. Conventional "fake news" can't do that.
4 replies 5 retweets 17 likes
Can you stop tagging me since my thread starts with the point trad media does fail—and often badly? tx
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.