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Someone in another thread said it best, "Family friendly is out; 'edgy' is in". These types of articles -- both the fake ones and the fact-debunkers -- generate clicks which generate revenues. This poo poo is making money, and in an environment where real journalism is less and less profitable, we are probably going to see it ramp up. Fake news isn't going anywhere.
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FactsAreUseless posted:People tend to focus really hard on whether the news is liberal or conservative, and that's putting the cart before the horse. You're just looking at the end product and saying "does this take a side" rather than applying consistent principles. In other words, it's a search for objectivity that isn't based on objective standards. That's how you end up with the "two people who disagreed with each other were on TV, therefore it was objective" idea. This is a fantastic point and really offers up the closest I've seen to a solution to this problem.
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Nevvy Z posted:Remember This Article? It Was Pro-Trump Propaganda, and a Lot of Us Fell for It I regularly read CityLab.com, an offshoot of the Atlantic, and I noticed that for months and months at a time, that Coddling of the American Mind article would consistently be at the top of the 'Most Read This Week' list of recommended articles from their other sites. It must have received an enormous amount of clicks.
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