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Fojar38 posted:The existance of fake news is not a new development and per-capita there was probably actually more of it in the 19th century Yeah I'm reminded of the Orwell essay on looking back on the Spanish war. The whole thing is worth reading, but I liked this line: quote:Early in life I have noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper, but in Spain, for the first time, I saw newspaper reports which did not bear any relation to the facts, not even the relationship which is implied in an ordinary lie. I saw great battles reported where there had been no fighting, and complete silence where hundreds of men had been killed. I saw troops who had fought bravely denounced as cowards and traitors, and others who had never seen a shot fired hailed as the heroes of imaginary victories; and I saw newspapers in London retailing these lies and eager intellectuals building emotional superstructures over events that had never happened. I saw, in fact, history being written not in terms of what happened but of what ought to have happened according to various ‘party lines’. How little things have changed. It's interesting how much attention this stuff is getting lately though. At least a lot of people are questioning this kind of bullshit.
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