[mission9]

NPR, to their credit, did an HONEST interview with a major “fake news” player. This guy operates dozens of phony web pages, and has dozens of writers coming up with false stories, pretending to be news.

The 40 year old, was a Democrat Hillary supporter, who fell into the job, when he was searching for a way to make money off of (in his characterization) gullible Trump supporters. His formula, was to find a narrative that plays into the bias of Trump supporters and then tell outrageous lies on that theme. His biggest hit, was the story that an FBI agent looking into emails was found murdered. He seemed to have some ethical recriminations, but he said “liberals are too smart to fall for fake news stories.”
As you know, google has pay per click ad revenue models, that helped to make this guy rich. He will continue to generate fake stories, because if he does not, someone else will.

[The_Media_never_lie]

NPR, to their credit, did an HONEST interview with a major “fake news” player. This guy operates dozens of phony web pages, and has dozens of writers coming up with false stories, pretending to be news.

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Yes, I get the liberal media's definition of fake news. However, if they were not disengeneous, they would also have interviewed Wolf Blitzer, of CNN and their own staff for their contributions to the fake news industry. NPR is very biased.

[Steve_Seattle]

I doubt that the "fake news" stemming from obscure web sites has little overall effect, since those who believe the stories without verification are people who are already prone to believe them. Fake news stemming from the MSM is much more powerful.

On FR, stories proven to be fake are deleted by the mods. Other controversial or debatable stories are - well - debated, with some believing them, some rejecting them, and others deferring judgment. But it's not as if the stories just go out there unquestioned, with everyone believing them, in the so-called "conservative echo chamber" the media love to talk about.