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The name depends upon the motivation behind the lies and misinformation. If it's just to gin up web traffic for ad revenue, it's called "clickbait." If the purpose is also to advance a political agenda it's called "propaganda."The term "fake news" is itself propaganda, put out there by liberal journalists trying to suggest that they should be the arbiters of what news is real and fake, which is pretty laughable coming from news organizations that are in the business of propaganda.
The people who create these stories are mostly doing it to laugh at people stupid enough to believe them, imo.
Quote from: Rage Against the McKee on January 05, 2017, 09:30:30 AMThe people who create these stories are mostly doing it to laugh at people stupid enough to believe them, imo.And boy do trump supporters love consuming some fake news made exclusively for people to laugh at them
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259984-Trump-Intelligence-Allegations.htmlThe leaked report on trump/Russia
you guys got fooled...it happens...he's a pro con man....it's okay guys....
Quote from: Phil Titola on January 10, 2017, 09:21:08 PMyou guys got fooled...it happens...he's a pro con man....it's okay guys....You guys can't understand that the fake news was directed at hillary supporters, and it worked.
Some dipshit on goE fell for this one Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on January 10, 2017, 05:35:40 PMhttps://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259984-Trump-Intelligence-Allegations.htmlThe leaked report on trump/Russia
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15 percent of people who voted for Trump told us that more people were in the image on the left — the photo from Trump’s inauguration — than the picture on the right. We got that answer from only 2 percent of Clinton voters and 3 percent of nonvoters.
Quote from: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on January 10, 2017, 08:12:59 PMSome dipshit on goE fell for this one Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on January 10, 2017, 05:35:40 PMhttps://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259984-Trump-Intelligence-Allegations.htmlThe leaked report on trump/RussiaLollzhttps://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/819046407697039362
Quote15 percent of people who voted for Trump told us that more people were in the image on the left — the photo from Trump’s inauguration — than the picture on the right. We got that answer from only 2 percent of Clinton voters and 3 percent of nonvoters.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/25/we-asked-people-which-inauguration-crowd-was-bigger-heres-what-they-said/
Quote from: chum1 on January 25, 2017, 01:17:56 PMQuote15 percent of people who voted for Trump told us that more people were in the image on the left — the photo from Trump’s inauguration — than the picture on the right. We got that answer from only 2 percent of Clinton voters and 3 percent of nonvoters.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/25/we-asked-people-which-inauguration-crowd-was-bigger-heres-what-they-said/that's fascinating.
But scholars also debate whether partisans actually believe the misinformation and how many are knowingly giving the wrong answer to support their partisan team (a process called expressive responding).
Better than 2009-2017 Fox News circle of commentators that had a "He can't do that! Even if it's legal!" forum
K.T. McFarland, the deputy national security adviser, had given Trump a printout of two Time magazine covers. One, supposedly from the 1970s, warned of a coming ice age; the other, from 2008, about surviving global warming, according to four White House officials familiar with the matter.Trump quickly got lathered up about the media’s hypocrisy. But there was a problem. The 1970s cover was fake, part of an Internet hoax that’s circulated for years. Staff chased down the truth and intervened before Trump tweeted or talked publicly about it.
QuoteK.T. McFarland, the deputy national security adviser, had given Trump a printout of two Time magazine covers. One, supposedly from the 1970s, warned of a coming ice age; the other, from 2008, about surviving global warming, according to four White House officials familiar with the matter.Trump quickly got lathered up about the media’s hypocrisy. But there was a problem. The 1970s cover was fake, part of an Internet hoax that’s circulated for years. Staff chased down the truth and intervened before Trump tweeted or talked publicly about it.http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/15/donald-trump-fake-news-238379
White House and former campaign aides have tried to make sure Trump’s media diet includes regular doses of praise and positive stories to keep his mood up – a tactic honed by staff during the campaign to keep him from tweeting angrily.
