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How to spot it lies, 'fake news' and propaganda [according to AP]
Associated Press ^
| Dec 15, 2016 9:15 PM EST
| Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer
Posted on 12/15/2016 7:18:51 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Pope has endorsed Donald Trump for president.
A Washington, DC, pizzeria is a front for a child sex abuse ring.
George Soros will bring down the U.S. by funding black hate groups.
These are just some examples of viral stories circulated on social media recently that are completely untrue. Facebook on Thursday announced some steps its taking to stop the spread of such fake news on its huge social network.
This includes working with outside fact-checking organizations and drying up financial incentives to what it calls the worst of the worst spammers that traffic in made-up stories. But there are basic things news readers can do themselves to spot fake news. And if you want, you can report them to Facebook, which can flag stories for fact-checkers to evaluate.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: appropaganda; blackliesmatter; facebook; fakenews; handsupdontshoot; realpropaganda; snopes; soros
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Yeah, thatll work. Report antisemitism to Fakebook and youll get a reply that it does not violate their community standards.
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:18:51 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:20:41 PM PST
by
Bon mots
To: Olog-hai
That’s a real laugher coming from Farcebook.
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:21:41 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: Olog-hai
Lol! Snopes checks with Soros before they post anything. Who will guard the guards?
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:22:09 PM PST
by
Seruzawa
(All those memories will be lost, like tears in rain.)
To: Olog-hai
George Soros will bring down the U.S.This is his goal & not Fake News by any means!
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:24:01 PM PST
by
Brandonmark
(Made America Great Again! 11.08.2016 - A DAY OF RENEWAL)
To: Olog-hai
George Soros will bring down the U.S. by funding black hate groups. These are just some examples of viral stories circulated on social media recently that are completely untrue The AP and other progs don't consider BLM to be a hate group.
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:24:43 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Olog-hai
Seriously, ask “Who says so?”
Some great sites, i.e. Daily Caller have horrible ads. Example, Dr. Oz, Princess Catherine, Laura Bush and Raquel Welch have all retired from their regular jobs to endorse some BS “rejuvenating face cream.”
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:24:46 PM PST
by
Strac6
("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
To: Mr. Mojo
Until they become their victims. But that’s coming.
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:26:35 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
How to spot lies, 'fake news' and propaganda An AP byline is a pretty good indicator.
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:29:16 PM PST
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: Olog-hai
According to Soetoro it is always someone else's fault.
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:31:00 PM PST
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: Olog-hai
I find one of the quickest ways to tell if something is fake news is to see if it’s from the Associated Press
To: Olog-hai
Hands Up Don’t Shoot was a lie. It was fake news spread by the bigots at BLM.
FU-AssPress
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:37:52 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
To: Mr. Mojo
Buttociated Press doesn’t consider BLM to be a source of “fake news”, either.
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:38:45 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
To: Olog-hai
I flag hate speech (anti-Christian, anti-Semite, et al) on facebook and am repeatedly told that it doesn’t violate their community standards even when death threats are cast by the offending posters.
This “report it to fascistbook” thing is only going to go one way. It is a blacklisting and will not be noted in future generations by academia or Hollywood.
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:41:43 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
To: Olog-hai; MNDude; TigerClaws
A Washington, DC, pizzeria is a front for a child sex abuse ring.
***
The owner of the pizza shop was interviewed on the Kelly file tonight.
To: a fool in paradise
Something tells me that the policy would continue even if Zuckerberg himself were assailed by Muslims.
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:44:25 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Bon mots
I know how to spot fake news, it comes with a logo...CNN, MSNBC, NBC....
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:48:46 PM PST
by
tiki
To: tiki
Time-Lies-Warner-HBO recently doubled down on fake news and did a bio-pic for HBO claiming that the forged National Guard memos were fake but accurate and that the scandal of the forgery was overblown (even though it was fake news by SeeBS/AP that attempted to sway the 2004 Presidential election).
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:52:02 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
To: quantim
FINALLY!!....”Russian's fault” will replace “Bush's fault”...the last 8 years the Russians were in charge...Who knew!!!
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:53:00 PM PST
by
M-cubed
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
12/15/2016 7:56:28 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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