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LAS14

(15,540 posts) Sat Dec 10, 2016, 09:30 PM Dec 2016

How do we distinguish between "fake news" and honest mistakes? [View all]

I've been looking for something to latch on to and Hillary has come through again, with her call for legislation addressing the problem of fake news. Like Bill said, she always wants to DO SOMETHING.

One of the puzzles is how to distinguish out and out lies from nuanced mistakes. What should our answers be to this sort of thing?

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/12/10/hillary-clinton-fake-news/

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How do we distinguish between "fake news" and honest mistakes? [View all] LAS14 Dec 2016 OP

republicans don't understand what fake news is Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #1

Yeah, but what do we say in response? This was on Google News. LAS14 Dec 2016 #2

tell Google that breitbart isn't news Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #3

You have to inform yourself BainsBane Dec 2016 #4

I don't need to understand. I do ... LAS14 Dec 2016 #5

It's unlikely you can persuade them BainsBane Dec 2016 #6

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