Study: 42 percent of Repubs believe "accurate" but negative stories are ‘fake news’ (Barf alert)

Washington Post ^ | January 16th 2018 | Erik Wemple

[Retvet]

No, wrong, we think incomplete biased propaganda is fake news. We are tired of important details being left out in order to promote a leftist (communist) agenda.

[Steve_Seattle]

I think some people call a true story "fake news" because it is a story done with an ulterior motive, i.e., to manipulate rather than to inform. For example, someone might call an accurate story about Trump's weight "fake news" because the story is done solely as a political weapon. Similar stories would NOT have been run about overweight Democrats such as Jarrold Nadler and the late Ted Kennedy.

The use of the word "fake" is thus careless, but conveys the idea that a story is being done for political reasons, i.e., is exaggerating or highlighting something that would otherwise be ignored or downplayed.

[trebb]

Going full “Dan Rather” aren’t they...”I made it up and it’s all lies, but you should believe it’s accurate”....Calling Jeff Flake......paging John McPain....

[Steve_Seattle]

My girlfriend summed it up pretty succinctly: true stories are called “fake news” because - even though they may be true - they are not “news” because of their triviality. Examples would be stories about Trump having two scoops of ice cream, Trump drinking soda, Melania’s shoes, or the use of a Trump-owned hotel by a college football team.

[GOPJ]

PolitFacts is owned by a newspaper that has NOT hired one conservative for their newsroom in over forty years.

Erik Wemple is smart enough to understand that bias comes in many forms and one of those forms is in ‘choice of stories’ to cover.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Fake news" can mean several things:

1. News that is factually incorrect.

2. News that exaggerates a triviality and makes a big issue out of it (Trump's alleged two scoops of ice cream).

3. News that is taken out of context or omits key facts.

4. News that treats similar facts differently, based on party affiliation, e.g., praising Moochie's expensive clothes while criticizing Melania's.

5. News containing a slanted presentation intended to obscure the facts or create a specific reaction to the facts.

Technically, most of these are not "fake" in the sense of being literally untrue, but in the way they are being presented, or the fact that they are mentioned at all.

[Steve_Seattle]

" . . . and one of those forms is in ‘choice of stories’ to cover."

That's a huge one, and I left it out of the list on my previous post.

[cranked]

A lie is “accurate’ according to most libtard idiots, go figure.....

[ThePatriotsFlag]

How can that be when 90% of the news from the Post isn’t accurate?

[GOPJ]

Still a good list...