Greenfield speaks of Fake News in the past tense. From the headline to several major points and remarks through out the article. Yes I know the media was embarrassed by their own Fake News scandal, but my point is that the media is still engaging in fake news and it has NOT fallen. It is NOT ended.
No, the title of the article says, Fall of the Fake News Crusade. The Crusade was begun and led by the MSM. They now what that Crusade ended because it is now being used against them.
"After BuzzFeed’s big fail, the exodus from the USS Fake News is happening faster than rats diving into the icy waters around the Titanic. Seth Meyers, one of those fake news talk show hosts, like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert or John Oliver, whom lefties prefer to get their real news from, dubbed it “busted”."
Yes I know the media was embarrassed by their own Fake News scandal, but my point is that the media is still engaging in fake news and it has NOT fallen. It is NOT ended.
No one disputes the MSM engages in Fake News. They want to end the use of the term fake news because it is being used against the. That was the point of Greenfield. Here is what he said,
"And so Fake News has gone from an urgent crisis to the backburner. Last month, Hillary Clinton had warned that “lives are at risk” in the battle against Fake News. Now the term has become “useless”.
"But the ideas behind it aren’t going anywhere. Fake News was a shorthand term for delegitimizing and censoring non-media sources. The censorship is on its way to becoming a reality. And another term will take its place. The media does not care what is real or fake. It exercises power to impose its narrative."
"But the Fake News meme left the media’s self-interest more exposed than its usual narratives. It highlighted its weakness for telling any lie that suited its political agenda."