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Obama warns that fake news stories could threaten democracy as author of hoaxes acknowledges he
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 11/18/16 | Ariel Zilber

Posted on 11/18/2016 2:27:08 PM PST by ColdOne

full title..........Obama warns that fake news stories could threaten democracy as author of hoaxes acknowledges he may have put Trump in the White House.............................President Barack Obama on Thursday addressed the issue of fake news stories going viral on Facebook and its role in galvanizing support for Donald Trump's successful run for the presidency.

Speaking on Thursday during a joint press conference in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama said that the proliferation of fake news and its viral popularity on Facebook and Twitter poses a threat to American democracy, BuzzFeed reported.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fakenews; paulhorner
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1 posted on 11/18/2016 2:27:08 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Obama as President is the biggest hoax ever foisted on the American people.


2 posted on 11/18/2016 2:29:28 PM PST by Sasparilla (I Am Not Tired Of Winning)
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To: ColdOne

Like Global Warming for instance?


3 posted on 11/18/2016 2:29:45 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The morning and the evening were the election day. People voted. The Lord saw, and it was good.)
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To: ColdOne
I agree... fake news threaten democracy our Republic (NYT, Washing Post, CNN, MSNBC, NBC etc etc).
4 posted on 11/18/2016 2:29:52 PM PST by GregoTX
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To: Sasparilla

yep


5 posted on 11/18/2016 2:30:01 PM PST by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~WE DID IT DEPLORABLES!EraseThe0bagambiLegacy!)
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To: ColdOne

ColdOne, if you happen to run into an elite that is concerned about “fake news”, tell them Mark from Staten Island told them to go #### themselves.

If they want a last name, just hit me up on here. I’ll PM it to you.

Those ####s.

Their day is done!!!

And they’re lucky it wasn’t like the french revolution.


6 posted on 11/18/2016 2:30:01 PM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: ColdOne

Like the great global warming/climate change hoax?


7 posted on 11/18/2016 2:30:25 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: ColdOne

I don’t hear Obama complaining about all the fake polls that had Donald Trump losing one primary after another and all the polls that had Trump losing to Hillary.

All of that was fake news, too, wasn’t it?


8 posted on 11/18/2016 2:30:37 PM PST by MeganC (Ik ben Geert Wilders!)
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To: ColdOne

Walter Cronkite was a fraud when it came to “reporting” on VietNam.


9 posted on 11/18/2016 2:30:42 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ColdOne

Obama is the definition of the empty, hologram, media-created President.

Never worked a real job in his life, 140 total days in the Senate, Nobel Peace Prize after two weeks, media tingles up the leg

This guy is as fake as they come.


10 posted on 11/18/2016 2:33:19 PM PST by PGR88
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To: ColdOne

The MSM is doubling down on their lies and thinks this is how to get credibility. Their ivory tower makes them completely disconnected from the middle class. Completely. Even middle class liberals.

This new full court press they are using to convince people before hand that all the good news Trump is going to get is fake, will backfire big time.

I am witnessing an acceleration in the death of the MSM. How sweet it is.


11 posted on 11/18/2016 2:34:03 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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To: ColdOne

This sounds like a fake noise story.


12 posted on 11/18/2016 2:34:19 PM PST by Pietro
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To: ColdOne

Best part about the Facebook “fake news” guy is he set out to take down Trump and now thinks he helped him.


13 posted on 11/18/2016 2:34:33 PM PST by socal_parrot (I hate to say I told you so, but...)
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To: dp0622

;)


14 posted on 11/18/2016 2:38:08 PM PST by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~WE DID IT DEPLORABLES!EraseThe0bagambiLegacy!)
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To: MeganC

What about the fake stories like “ If you like your insurance policy you can keep your insurance policy”?


15 posted on 11/18/2016 2:38:49 PM PST by RonnG
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To: ColdOne

That Lame Duck needs to play more golf.


16 posted on 11/18/2016 2:40:11 PM PST by McGruff (Tired of winning yet? Too bad, we're going to keep winning.)
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To: ColdOne

Obama, unazz our country, your term is over.


17 posted on 11/18/2016 2:41:58 PM PST by hadaclueonce (This time I am Deplorable)
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To: Jim Robinson
or Zimmerman audiotape edit:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/nbc-issues-apology-on-zimmerman-tape-screw-up/2012/04/03/gIQA8m5jtS_blog.html?utm_term=.33c90cf9d17b

18 posted on 11/18/2016 2:43:25 PM PST by 4Liberty (DEMOCRATS- Exporting Jobs, Importing Votes.)
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To: ColdOne

You mean fake news like the Benghazi attack was caused
By an Internet video??


19 posted on 11/18/2016 2:46:48 PM PST by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: ColdOne

That’s right complete control over the Internet will fix everything ,NOT


20 posted on 11/18/2016 2:50:27 PM PST by butlerweave
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