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Jean-Jacques Roussea

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1. republicans don't understand what fake news is

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 09:33 PM

Dec 2016

Fake news isn't bad reporting or reporting incorrectly, it's a deliberate attempt to advance an agenda through manipulation. But they don't care about reality anymore so

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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