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Study: 42 percent of Repubs believe "accurate" but negative stories are ‘fake news’ (Barf alert)
Washington Post ^ | January 16th 2018 | Erik Wemple

Posted on 01/19/2018 7:36:08 AM PST by Ennis85

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1 posted on 01/19/2018 7:36:08 AM PST by Ennis85
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So a fake news article about fake news.

Cool.

2 posted on 01/19/2018 7:40:09 AM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: Ennis85

Sorry, but Fake News doesn’t get to define fake news. The Washington Post never even heard about Fake News until Donald Trump came along.


3 posted on 01/19/2018 7:41:18 AM PST by Savage Rider
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To: Ennis85

They’re on the ropes. Full defense.

“I’M NOT A LIAR”

Keep the message on the lies. Don’t let them off the hook


4 posted on 01/19/2018 7:41:39 AM PST by z3n
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To: Ennis85

How they phrased the poll question is left to the imagination. Perhaps all this means is that what the pollsters consider to be “accurate news stories” is not considered accurate by others.


5 posted on 01/19/2018 7:41:41 AM PST by rightwingcrazy
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To: Ennis85

Who judges that? The WaPo? Please.


6 posted on 01/19/2018 7:42:04 AM PST by Brilliant
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If the “accurate” article says that the Donald eats Big Macs, or had two scoops of ice cream, then yes, it is fake “news”


7 posted on 01/19/2018 7:42:05 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Ennis85

This is an example of a fake news story.


8 posted on 01/19/2018 7:42:45 AM PST by stockpirate (TYRANNY IS THY NAME REBELLION IS OUR ANSWER. HANG THEM ALL!)
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Except "accurate" based on "feelings" is likely still fake news...

It's like Comey's memos and his testimony..."He felt...."

9 posted on 01/19/2018 7:42:50 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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accurate can be fake:

a dem and a repub have a race.

the dem comes in second, the repub, next to last.

accurate, but fake.


10 posted on 01/19/2018 7:43:03 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Savage Rider

“The Washington Post never even heard about Fake News until Donald Trump came along.”

My recollection is that Trump turned the phrase against them. It was originally created as a meme to neutralize conservative websites.


11 posted on 01/19/2018 7:43:23 AM PST by rightwingcrazy
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To: Savage Rider

Actually, “fake news” was coined by the WaPo.

In an article that was itself fake.


12 posted on 01/19/2018 7:43:58 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Government: Another Gang that steals your money for "Protection".)
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To: BenLurkin

I was actually the one who put those quotation marks in. I probably shouldn’t have but I couldn’t resist.


13 posted on 01/19/2018 7:45:07 AM PST by Ennis85
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Even were this to be correct, which is dubious given the source, did they do a similar study to see how many Democrats believe a story (regardless of its veracity) that portrayed the POTUS or any Republican in a negative light simply because of its source?

If not, then the news agency is perpetuating “fake news”.


14 posted on 01/19/2018 7:45:18 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Sacajaweau

FR caught on real quick....anonymous source etc etc


15 posted on 01/19/2018 7:45:24 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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16 posted on 01/19/2018 7:46:00 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: markomalley

Well, if the link to a news headline takes me to the Washington Post, I assume the content and spin is fake news.

The WP has a paywall so if I get linked to it more than a few times each month, I’m blocked out for the rest of the month. Being blocked out does not bother me as I don’t like the WP.


17 posted on 01/19/2018 7:46:04 AM PST by RicocheT (Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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the dem comes in second, the repub, next to last. accurate, but fake.

Exactly! "President Trump ate a delicious steak today - while millions across the globe are just barely making ends meet."

Regards,

18 posted on 01/19/2018 7:49:10 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Ennis85

There’s a big difference between saying “Trump will no doubt play up the size of this crowd despite the empty seats (show picture of auditorium before it was full). That’s just the way Trump is — a narcissist, according to several reputable psychiatrists.”

Versus saying, “No individual since Dr. Martin Luther King, or maybe the charismatic Sarah Palin, has been able to consistently raise such crowds, especially with only short notice.”

Both characterizations could conceivably be used to describe the same event; and we KNOW which one the lamestreams consistently employ.

THAT’S what we are calling “fake news”.

I know it hurts their prissy little feelings; sorry Charlie. Cry me a river.


19 posted on 01/19/2018 7:50:25 AM PST by Migraine ((A smartass who is right can be downright funny. A smartass who is wrong is just a smartass.))
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The demonicrats love situational ethics. It just occurred to me that fake news is situational news.
20 posted on 01/19/2018 7:53:00 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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