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In reply to the discussion: Can we have a chat about the left's fake news? [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)36. Fair enough
I've read Palmer Report a fair amount before I reached my conclusion about it. I personally don't think it should be treated as a legitimate news source here, but you are correct that it is just my opinion, others are welcome to disagree. I think I am entitled to point out my feelings on the site when someone posts an article from there. I think the reasons to discredit it are legitimate ones. Much of what is posted as fact is speculative, at best. In my view, promoting an anti-Trump website that is as dubious as the Palmer Report does more to hurt the anti-Trump cause than to help it.
That's my take on it - I respect that you disagree with my assessment.
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So? They move the message. Every site that has ads or offers to donate. Are they clickbaite then.??
mhw
Jun 2017
#44
European conservatives are a bit of a different bird than here in the states...
Wounded Bear
Jun 2017
#29
It's better to allow posts from those sites so we can hash the details out here.
pnwmom
Jun 2017
#12
LOL! In the last "Wagging chastising finger at DU" thread, I said that I had seen four chastising
Squinch
Jun 2017
#14
Does the same not apply to you about not reading threads that discuss why Mensch isn't a good source
mythology
Jun 2017
#39
No. Palmer Report is discredited for using the same methods as most other blog sites.
mhw
Jun 2017
#20
I would be much more concerned if our Congressmen or our President quoted them as sources
Mr. Ected
Jun 2017
#24
Welcome to DU. In 2016, DU was full of uncritical links to Russia Today and Fox News.
emulatorloo
Jun 2017
#26
Gosh, this is only about the 75,681st post on this very topic by low-count posters!
hatrack
Jun 2017
#27
Difference betw fake news and what you are mistaking for "fake" left news:
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#32