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Alekzander

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15. Yes and you are absolutely correct because that is who they said their target was:

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 10:23 AM

Dec 2016

How Teens In The Balkans Are Duping Trump Supporters With Fake News
BuzzFeed News identified more than 100 pro-Trump websites being run from a single town in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

“This is the news of the millennium!” said the story on WorldPoliticus.com. Citing unnamed FBI sources, it claimed Hillary Clinton will be indicted in 2017 for crimes related to her email scandal.
“Your Prayers Have Been Answered,” declared the headline.
For Trump supporters, that certainly seemed to be the case. They helped the baseless story generate over 140,000 shares, reactions, and comments on Facebook.
Meanwhile, roughly 6,000 miles away in a small town in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a young man watched as money began trickling into his Google AdSense account.
Over the past year, the Macedonian town of Veles (population 45,000) has experienced a digital gold rush as locals launched at least 140 US politics websites. These sites have American-sounding domain names such as WorldPoliticus.com, TrumpVision365.com, USConservativeToday.com, DonaldTrumpNews.co, and USADailyPolitics.com. They almost all publish aggressively pro-Trump content aimed at conservatives and Trump supporters in the US.

The young Macedonians who run these sites say they don’t care about Donald Trump. They are responding to straightforward economic incentives: As Facebook regularly reveals in earnings reports, a US Facebook user is worth about four times a user outside the US. The fraction-of-a-penny-per-click of US display advertising — a declining market for American publishers — goes a long way in Veles. Several teens and young men who run these sites told BuzzFeed News that they learned the best way to generate traffic is to get their politics stories to spread on Facebook — and the best way to generate shares on Facebook is to publish sensationalist and often false content that caters to Trump supporters.

entire article: https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-macedonia-became-a-global-hub-for-pro-trump-misinfo?utm_term=.lmAPmGJO8#.jdgE146GL

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I agree 100% with The Nation Mag on this article about fake news: [View all] Alekzander Dec 2016 OP

+1, 67℅ of Trump voters thought the UE rate rise under Obama and you try to tell uponit7771 Dec 2016 #1

Fox News and Fox Business describe the M$M as the "liberal press." yallerdawg Dec 2016 #2

Actually, I am sure some of them know it but flat out do not care. That is the problem in this Alekzander Dec 2016 #3

The notion that facts have a "fair and balanced" alternative viewpoint... yallerdawg Dec 2016 #9

msm "never calls them out for their lies" --I would say "often don't call them out" wordpix Dec 2016 #10

which are " our legitimate non-partisan news media ?" pangaia Dec 2016 #19

Agreed. Hosts of "news" or talk shows are not equivalent of journalists. no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #4

And Merv Griffin, at least, could sing! MADem Dec 2016 #7

I'd respect these "news" clowns a lot more... Dave Starsky Dec 2016 #16

LOL! He'd need years of practice to be able to pull that off! MADem Dec 2016 #18

Actually that is a fantastic idea !!!! pangaia Dec 2016 #20

That's a MUST READ for all malaise Dec 2016 #5

K&R... spanone Dec 2016 #6

K & R FailureToCommunicate Dec 2016 #8

Dangerous and Careless - I only agree 90%. LOL Roy Rolling Dec 2016 #11

And there are the MSM executives TexasBushwhacker Dec 2016 #21

Truthfully, any time on the air should have been to Trump's detriment. It's obvious he's a buffoon. Hoyt Dec 2016 #28

I disagree. I believe a critical number of people voted for him due to being woefully Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #31

"Fake News" is fake news EricMaundry Dec 2016 #12

It can and most often is Roy Rolling Dec 2016 #13

Yes and you are absolutely correct because that is who they said their target was: Alekzander Dec 2016 #15

I just read a couple articles on WORLDPOLITICUS.. pangaia Dec 2016 #22

"any hope of avoiding potentially catastrophic results" Martin Eden Dec 2016 #14

what sick and maddening is the rightwing is now calling all non-RW media "fake news" Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #17

"Delegitimization" is too big a word for tRump supporters at 16 letters. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2016 #23

Fake news is really just propaganda. jalan48 Dec 2016 #24

The whole point of "conservatism" is to destroy democracy... First Speaker Dec 2016 #25

This issue is the biggest threat we have going right now. lancelyons Dec 2016 #26

Conservative media calculatingly preys on easily mislead and Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #27

This article ought to be read by everyone. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #29

We need to hire and army of true geniuses to work on this. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #30