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Fake news sites planted to trip up Republicans
WND ^ | Sept. 1, 2016 | WND

Posted on 09/03/2016 9:36:44 AM PDT by AuntB

Conservatives tricked into sharing bogus stories concocted by left

Almost all of us have been a victim of accidentally spreading fake news at one time. A trusted friend emails you a link to an article that is red meat for the conservative base; it sounds legitimate, and the name of the site even sounds official. You forward the article and post it on Facebook and Twitter — and then the backlash is embarrassing. Multiple people point out you’re wrong, and you feel like an idiot. But how were you to know, especially in this information overload, social media era? It has become normal to quickly skim articles and headlines.

It used to be The Onion was the only satire news site. And the site makes it very clear its news is satire. But within the last year, multiple sites (there is a list compiled here https://stream.org/left-busy-planting-fake-conservative-news-sites/) have sprung up that do not make it clear they are satire, if at all. They brazenly post fake news that isn’t even funny, like The Onion, but sounds like legitimate news.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dncstrategy; fakenews; hillary; media; trump
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To: AuntB

I get all my news from FR.

FR and its remarkable membership act as a bulletproof filter.

If the story is fake, there is a beat down by post #3.


21 posted on 09/03/2016 10:08:08 AM PDT by Eddie01 (Democrats are the Liquidate America Party)
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To: AuntB

(from the article)
Sites with fake news
http://nationalreport.net
http://theonion.com
http://www.private-eye.co.uk
http://www.newsbiscuit.com
http://www.thespoof.com
http://www.sportspickle.com
http://www.unconfirmedsources.com
http://www.crystalair.com
http://www.enduringvision.com/index.php
http://www.derfmagazine.com
http://www.newsmutiny.com/Index.html
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk
http://www.duffelblog.com
http://newstoad.net
http://dailycurrant.com
http://rockcitytimes.com
http://worldnewsdailyreport.com
http://huzlers.com
http://abriluno.com
http://diversitychronicle.wordpress.com
http://holyobserver.com
http://News-Hound.org (maybe not satirical but a lot are definitely fake)
http://www.sott.net/ (seems to be a mixture of satire/real news with no obvious way to tell which is which)
http://adobochronicles.com
https://aceflashman.wordpress.com (News lifted straight from The National Reporter)
http://thepeoplescube.com
http://dailyleak.org
http://odgossip.com
http://witscience.org
http://empirenews.net
http://christwire.org
http://nymeta.co (News lifted straight from The National Reporter without checking them)
http://worldnewsdailyreport.com
http://tyronetribulations.com
http://www.gomerblog.com
http://madworldnews.com (potentially fake stories)
http://wundergroundmusic.com
http://dailybuzzlive.com
http://www.thenewsnerd.com
http://newsthump.com
http://stuppid.com (http://realorsatire.com/stuppid-com)
http://newsexaminer.net – mixture of real and fake news


22 posted on 09/03/2016 10:08:20 AM PDT by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Bingo. I learned to do it in high school, back when high tech was an electric typewriter.


23 posted on 09/03/2016 10:08:43 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Eddie01

SOMETIMES...

Unfortunately there seems to be a smoldering vengeance-happy streak on FR. Some atrocity happened and the seemingly obvious culprit is the focus of an intemperate damnation-fest... until some twist of plot is revealed, and then the damners slink away in silence. Sometimes people don’t bother to read the silences.


24 posted on 09/03/2016 10:10:31 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: AuntB

Even on abcnews.com.co if you,read through any article, by the time you get to the end, with all gramatical errors and outrageous quotes, most readers should be able to identify it as satire.


25 posted on 09/03/2016 10:10:47 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: AuntB

If I see Snowden is dead or Hillary’s doctor got hit by a train posted again, I’m going to scream


26 posted on 09/03/2016 10:13:46 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: AuntB

“ABCnews.go.com”
That is their mobile site, totally legit, except for the regular fake news they churn out


27 posted on 09/03/2016 10:15:56 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: AuntB

abcnews.go.com is ABC NEWS. the go domain name is registered to the Disney Company, parent of ABC.

I think the fake URL you mean is abcnewsgo.com. I remember when that URL was used on FR. It fooled a lot of FReepers. abcnewsgo.com is no longer active.


28 posted on 09/03/2016 10:16:58 AM PDT by upchuck (2 Timothy 3:13: But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.)
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To: AuntB

Leftist nervana...

chaos

Confuse as many people as possible.

Trash the good people.

Promise what you can’t <and have no intention of) deliver(ing), to people you don’t give a damn about.

Then deliver things certain to injur this nation, if it doesn’t lead to its complete destruction.

Why?

This nation has been the last bastion of freedom on the planet.

Get it so it is not longer free.

Get it so it is no longer capable of or willing to interced on behalf of freedom anywhere.

Then evil prospers everywhere.

Nothing stands between it and human civilization.


29 posted on 09/03/2016 10:20:10 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: PghBaldy

” this has been ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/";

Yes, that’s right. It is abcnews.com.co that is the fake one.


30 posted on 09/03/2016 10:24:33 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: All

CORRECTION to post 1.

It is abcnews.com.co that is the fake one.

http://abcnews.go.com/ is ABCnews.


31 posted on 09/03/2016 10:26:21 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: Donglalinger; upchuck

See post 31..
Forgive me, I copied the wrong one. Need a new computer, this thing is driving me bonkers.

I won’t post again until I get a new one. Bye.


32 posted on 09/03/2016 10:28:49 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

And the amazing part to watch is how it happens over the couse of several hours, sometimes. The reaction used to be “hey everybody chill until we get some more info.” Now the reaction is “react.”


33 posted on 09/03/2016 10:28:56 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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couse = course


34 posted on 09/03/2016 10:30:07 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

I have long wished that FR could be a forum for more wisdom and less of stuff that sometimes seems to mirror, except in the other direction, what is going on in “liberal land.”

Too much of that stuff and “Bad company corrupts good morals” kicks in and I have to get away because my own mind is getting polluted.


35 posted on 09/03/2016 10:37:44 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: DoughtyOne
This nation has been the last bastion of freedom on the planet.

Actually it is pretty much the first bastion of freedom. Slavery or servitude has pretty much been the norm until we came along and if we fall, it likely will never come again into this world.

36 posted on 09/03/2016 10:38:46 AM PDT by itsahoot (GOP says, Vote Trump. But if your principles won't let you, Hillary is OK.)
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To: jsanders2001

“The lefties have been doing this for years already.”

No, satire has been around since Aristophanes.


37 posted on 09/03/2016 10:39:40 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Timpanagos1

There’s plenty of conservative satire blogs. Our own John Semmens is one of the best.


38 posted on 09/03/2016 10:43:11 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: AuntB
The only way Hillary wins is to cheat. It’s how the Clinton’s operate.

Busted! Hillary Campaign Caught Inserting Fake Audiences At Fake Campaign Rallies With Computer Animation! Aug. 31, 2016

[snip]The video below from her “rally” in Reno, Nevada on August 25, is twelve minutes but it is worth watching every second. It shows the green screen insertion point – a black line across the “set” – and also shows cellphones from within the “crowd” which are taking video of . . . . nothing. No Hillary. No flags. No cheering crowd! It’s all FAKE!

Unfortunately, your own post above is very likely the very thing you decry in this thread. There are links in other posts about her fake rallies with links to others debunking the "fake" assertions. One video is posted by an alleged video expert who cites reasons why the images seen on the various cellphones cannot be relied upon to prove fakery, and the black line alleged to be bad photoshopping is nothing more than the low black curtain-fence separating the crowd (alleged crowd), from the stage/podium. I would put nothing past the clinton scum, but conservatives need better research and evidence than this before proclaiming to the world they have "...PROOF!!...at last..." the clintons are crooks and scum. This despite the fact some things are self evident to many of us, but cannot penetrate the heads of brain-dead liberals.

39 posted on 09/03/2016 10:44:44 AM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: AuntB

“Super Station 95” is another bogus “news” site to avoid like the plague.


40 posted on 09/03/2016 10:44:50 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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