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4. Part of it is the way that ad auctioning works

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 12:44 PM

Dec 2016

If you have a popular site that gets a lot of clicks, you can sell advertising space on it.

So a fake news page that is sensational and gets a lot of clicks earns a lot of money from advertisers. The kids in Macedonia are interested in money, not in some ideological program to interfere in US elections.

Since the US is an advertising oriented country, we are going to be bombarded with more fake news than one that is not a rich target for advertisers. Macedonia should be pretty immune to fake news.

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Fake News [View all] underpants Dec 2016 OP

News used to imply investigative journalism. karadax Dec 2016 #1

There are so REALLY good investigative journalists out there underpants Dec 2016 #5

This might seem off topic... Blanks Dec 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author karadax Dec 2016 #3

The five underpants Dec 2016 #6

Part of it is the way that ad auctioning works FarCenter Dec 2016 #4

I'm aware of the money element of it underpants Dec 2016 #7

I think that's a good analysis. gulliver Dec 2016 #8

Exactly! Why the fuss now? Half of whats on CNN is fake news, what about national enquirer et all?? jack_krass Dec 2016 #9

One way to ID fake news ... ificandream Dec 2016 #10