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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
You want to know why people are turning to "Fake news"? Because of the lazy journalism that was in the NYT article you just quoted.
Click bait headline claiming authority on a subject? Check.
References and allusions to Fake News? Check.
One sided interview with the owner? Check.
Addressed none of the allegations involving Podesta and this guy that Pizzagate has brought forward? Check.
If someone was a believer in Pizzagate, the only thing this article would do is re-enforce the belief that they are correct and encourage them to dig deeper.
I don't think Pizzagate has much legitimacy, but you know that this article doesn't pass the smell test. It's like posting a Rick Bell piece and calling it fact about city hall.
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But don't you get into the freeman on the land type legal decision where there is just so much bull#### to go through to rebut the stupidity it's just not worth it.
Should a reputable news source spend its journalistic resources debunking the stupid. It's just not possible given the current funding model. I think that posting the damage that fake news is doing is likely a more effective tact and that is what the article accomplishes.
We need to find a way to reprogram people so whilepresenting well reasoned arguments to the uninformed can lead them to make an informed decision presenting reasonable arguments to the misinformed causes them to dig into their belief further.