Posted on 12/01/2016 3:31:50 PM PST by detective
So much for taking Americas fake news problem seriously.
Ever since Donald Trump was elected president, theres been an abundance of hand-wringing over the fake news that supposedly is rampant on social media.
Yet missing has been any kind of serious searching among the mainstream media about whether it could learn any lessons from this electionand whether reporters and editors are holding themselves accountable to their supposed values of objectivity and rigorous reporting. And a new study presents Exhibit A as to why the mainstream media should reconsider its own practices.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailysignal.com ...
Incredible that they didn’t see how the “fake news” angle was one they really should’ve steered clear of.
I guess it’s an occupational hazard of working inside the most powerful echo-chamber and thought-shaper ever created. You start to believe you’re own nonsense. You start to get high on your own supply.
Bad news. Doesn’t matter what kind of dope you’re selling.
Fake is going to come back to haunt the liberals. Conservatives are going to play whack a mole with Fake News for years to come.
Conservatives, to a fault, cover their tracks, source, and under state. It’s the lunatic left that turns a warm breeze into “Global Man Made Warming”.
bkmk
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