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The 7 Worst Examples of Fake News From the Mainstream Media
Townhall.com ^ | December 10, 2016 | John Hawkins

Posted on 12/10/2016 7:29:57 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 12/10/2016 7:29:57 AM PST by Kaslin
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2 posted on 12/10/2016 7:31:57 AM PST by Redwood71 (ualified on this.)
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I think pushing the sexual assault charges (particularly the woman who said she was assualted by Trump at 13 years of age) qualifies as fake news.


3 posted on 12/10/2016 7:33:33 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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4 posted on 12/10/2016 7:33:38 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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How the mediots manipulate what Trump does and says to meet their agendas!


5 posted on 12/10/2016 7:33:59 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining loserers,Trump will just go ahead &the make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: Kaslin

The NDAA of 2012 authorized propaganda use against American citizens.

The renewal authorizes control of outside sources,http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3503030/posts, we no longer have a free press.

We no longer will have the ability to seek out truth-telling sources.

I keep reposting this as it seems many of us have missed the links and pieces of the puzzle. Our information access has now been denied.


6 posted on 12/10/2016 7:35:29 AM PST by EBH (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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7 posted on 12/10/2016 7:39:57 AM PST by WhatNot (The Gospel doesn't promise the American dream, it promises Eternal life in the Kingdom of God.)
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To: Grampa Dave

What two markets are those copies from?


8 posted on 12/10/2016 7:40:17 AM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: bigbob

How about “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot”?


9 posted on 12/10/2016 7:43:23 AM PST by MHT (,`)
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To: Grampa Dave

Yes it’s Snopes, but their explanation holds water, as I knew the two vs. four dots meant something:

http://www.snopes.com/wsj-different-trump-headlines/

Still, your point is valid in that we are being played, even if these images aren’t the best examples. Just look at anything from the AP or WaPo if you want to see manipulation of the news to suit the publisher’s political agenda.


10 posted on 12/10/2016 7:44:24 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: Henchster

I don’t know. I got this email from an Mid West in law.


11 posted on 12/10/2016 7:44:58 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining loserers,Trump will just go ahead and make things better for us without you!!!!")
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What were the different markets.


12 posted on 12/10/2016 7:47:14 AM PST by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: MHT

Sure, there are endless examples of newspapers and media outlets lying and propagandizing. Not trying to say the Rice thing was unquestionably “first” but to my mind, it was the first time a senior national official was sent out to deliver a known fake made-up fabricated totally untrue story in order to deceive the public and cover up the incompetence of even higher level officials, namely Obama and Clinton.

That rises above the normal media spin and BS and in my mind represents the origin of “fake news” as a tool of the regime.


13 posted on 12/10/2016 7:47:35 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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early vs late edition. The edition on the left was published after Trump met with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto early in the day (and referenced the seemingly cooperative tone of their discussion), and the edition on the right was published after Trump delivered a speech on immigration later in the day (and referenced Trump’s reasserting his stance that he would force Mexico to pay for the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border)


14 posted on 12/10/2016 7:48:16 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: JudyinCanada

Remember when CNN said that Trump said he wanted to “racially profile”? they added the word “racially” and included it in quotes on the bottom of the screen.


15 posted on 12/10/2016 7:49:28 AM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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16 posted on 12/10/2016 7:56:05 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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17 posted on 12/10/2016 7:56:32 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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18 posted on 12/10/2016 7:57:12 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: bigbob
How the mediots manipulate what Trump does and says to meet their agendas!

The following is from Snopes about the above. Draw your own conclusions to why the difference in WSJ’s headlines:

This image was passed around on the Internet accompanied by the claim that the Wall Street Journal had deliberately published one headline, "Trump Softens His Tone," in a pro-Trump market area in an attempt to sway readers away from the the GOP nominee, and the other headline, "Trump Talks Tough on Wall," in a non-Trump market area to bolster support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

However, these opposing headline editions were not distributed to different political or geographic markets, nor were they intended to influence voters.

This picture shows two editions of the Wall Street Journal published at different times of the day. The paper on the left came off the press early in the day, while the paper on the right was produced later in the day. Print newspapers sometimes undergo revisions throughout their daily runs and typically employ marks to distinguish the various editions — in this case the differing WSJ editions are distinguishable by the number of stars displayed in the masthead:

19 posted on 12/10/2016 7:57:34 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining loserers,Trump will just go ahead and make things better for us without you!!!!")
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20 posted on 12/10/2016 7:58:29 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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