I have to give props to The Intercept for this. Even though they are a leftist outfit, they are actually doing real journalism. A Clinton Fan Manufactured Fake News That MSNBC Personalities Spread to Discredit WikiLeaks Docs "Now we have an even more compelling example. Back in October, when WikiLeaks was releasing emails from the John Podesta archive, Clinton campaign officials and their media spokespeople adopted a strategy of outright lying to the public, claiming with no basis whatsoever that the emails were doctored or fabricated and thus should be ignored. That lie and that is what it was: a claim made with knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard for its truth was most aggressively amplified by MSNBC personalities such as Joy Ann Reid and Malcolm Nance, The Atlantics David Frum, and Newsweeks Kurt Eichenwald." That the emails in the Wikileaks archive were doctored or faked and thus should be disregarded was classic Fake News, spread not by Macedonian teenagers or Kremlin operatives but by established news outlets such as MSNBC, the Atlantic and Newsweek. And, by design, this Fake News spread like wildfire all over the internet, hungrily clicked and shared by tens of thousands of people eager to believe it was true. As a result of this deliberate disinformation campaign, anyone reporting on the contents of the emails was instantly met with claims that the documents in the archive had been proven fake. Fake News exposed.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...o-easy-to-dupe-the-right-on-the-internet.html Ooops... Who was the clown on CNN that claimed they ( the media could read the emails) but we the people could not as it was "illegal"? Ah found it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DcATG9Qy_A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith–Mundt_Act Btw since 2013 its perfectly fine for them to lie to us.. Strange only now are they considering others spreading "fake news"... Notice they wont call it propaganda as well... Its legal! /facepalm Word games and diversions.
LMAO, RWers complaining about false narratives. Every one of you needs to have a hard look in the mirror.
Well let's face it, there was plenty of fake news out there - problem was that it was being perpetuated by the Legacy Media and their hired pollsters. Remember this famous NBC/WSJ poll? Why, we had a thread debunking it. Your response? Plenty of people were fooled by the press and their Fake Story Narrative. Thus, we have The Hillary Landslide. Problem is, a lot of people were fooled by it - perhaps even somebody you know. And now, these people who were fooled and KNOW they were fooled are looking for some kind of excuse that will shift the blame away from themselves. Or maybe they're just projecting. Either way.
Hands up don't shoot Benghazi was caused by a youtube video....it goes on like that for 8 years into the past. The MSM is obsolete and no longer relevant thanks to the left.
Yep the MSM went all in for the Left and that's the problem. They went ALL IN and crap-canned all aspects of journalistic ethics, honor, and integrity; and now there's nothing in reserve. They would need to fire about two thirds of the 'professionals' working for their organizations and then rebuild from the ground up to even begin the long term process of winning back the public's trust.
oh remember when they believed their polls despite Hillary giving speeches in gyms with empty seats while Trump was packing arenas? Remember how gleefully they threw those fake polls in our faces? Yeah they do to, only now they realize how dumb they were to believe it and have to point the finger of blame towards something other than themselves, so that something is officially.....FAKE NEWS and.......RUSSIA. So they are literally blaming fake news for their failures........(this is the best part) with FAKE NEWS. lol Russia.
Why shouldn't we complain about false narratives? When the media pushes an intentional lie they are the ones pushing the fake news. But that is not who the DNC wants to crack down on. They want to crack down on those that dare to report news like Operation Fast and Furious, or the IRS targeting scandal. You know, any news that makes the DNC look bad. What they are really talking about is censoring the news. So much for the Democrats claim that they support Freedom of Speech.
They even gave Hillary the questions before the debate and now actually expect anyone to take them seriously again. MMm...okay, Ill take them seriously again when they fire them all and start over. Until then they are obsolete.
The left wing media called Trump a racist and a misogynist. Having a spat with specific women doesn't equate to hating all women - have you ever had a fight with your wife? And no one, not a single person, has yet to offer even the most remote proof he's racist, yet I saw a video where a black guy was saying blacks would be 'deported' to Africa if Trump was elected.
Why fire them? They were instrumental in convincing the dolt of a hands down win in a golden bag. That and the Stooges reruns are hard to find these days and the left wing media is a reasonable alternative
My favorite was the MSNBC story back in 2009 (?) Showing a man open carrying a long gun on his shoulder at a tea party rally claiming the rally was a bunch of racist white men engaged in hate speech while not showing the guys face...they edited the video to only show him from his waste down...he was black.
I honestly pity the people who think WikiLeaks is actually a force for good. They still have yet to know what justice actually is. I find it funny that the definition o fake news has become anything that is not broadcast by Fox, or The Hill, or talk radio.
I pity the people that think wiki leaks did the wrong thing by exposing the left for who they really are, corrupt to the bone, ask poor ol' Bernie. Getting caught with your fingers on the scale, not cool.
It's well known that those who have power, seek power would want to maintain that power. The tyrannical Left enjoyed unparalleled political success and does not seek to let it go. So we're well aware there will be an attempt to silence dissent. When in government's time has there not been such a time?
fake news is all they have left, they have decimated the Democratic party where it is no longer a national political party down to where it is regional. A look at the Senate map or the the recent election broken down by county illustrates exactly how bad a shape they are in. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/01/upshot/many-ways-to-map-election-results.html?_r=0
Everybody on the left loved Wikileaks when they released US classified information stolen by the traitor Bradley Manning. Now that instead of the country being attacked it's only the DNC suddenly they are a dark force of evil. I've no idea what that means but I do want to say that you are quickly becoming one of my favorite lefty posters here. You are like a parody account.
Muslims getting all stoked up and killing Americans was because of a video was fake news given directly to us from our government.
