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re: How Fahrenheit 451 Predicted Fake News

Posted on 7/18/18 at 8:38 am to
Posted by extremetigerfanatic
Denham Springs
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 7/18/18 at 8:38 am to
Pretty much all political reporting in the early part of our country was all fake news. It was essentially each side getting people to write trash about the other side. There was no expectation of fairness at all.
If you study American politics at any school they’ll talk about it.

Fake news is not new
Posted by Dizz
Member since May 2008
14783 posts
Posted on 7/18/18 at 9:00 am to
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There was no expectation of fairness at all.


Fake news isn't about fairness. It is about stories that claim to be news which are 100% false but presented as true. There is no fairness in the MSM but that does not make what they report actually fake.
Posted by JawjaTigah
Bizarro World
Member since Sep 2003
22507 posts
Posted on 7/18/18 at 10:03 am to
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Fake news is not new.


Yep, my BA is in political science. But who said fake news is a new phenomenon? Not me.

But let’s not forget the delivery mechanisms that drive fake news and propaganda today are light years faster (nearly instant) and more accessible for everyone than they were 200 years ago.

The fact that it is everywhere alone is reason enough to unplug from all of it. The fact that it is all virtual BS is not a reason that we need to continue to digest it.

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