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To: NetAddicted

By the way, just in case missed it, the guys promoting the Fake News websites were on TV tonight. They explained how they did it with Facebook bots, then fake stories are picked up by real people like on FR or DU, and then skyrocket by people sucked in to the story.

The sites look great, but are complete BS, with one purpose, to attract fools for click throughs. Pizzagate was given by as one of the examples of their work.

In their words, the more salacious, the more people buy it.... and the Fake News “Denver Guardian” and “American News” and hundreds of others were/are making their owners millions each year in ad clicks.

PS, a lot are not political. Many are medical. There are plenty of “Dr. Oz Leaving Practice To Spend Time Telling All Patients To use xxxxx” type stuff.


220 posted on 03/27/2017 4:55:25 AM PDT by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: Strac6

What was the name of the show, what station was it broadcasted on, and what time was it broadcast?


229 posted on 03/27/2017 4:59:44 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Strac6

Why didn’t you ever respond to the facts stated in http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3537997/posts?page=219#219? BTW, I checked it out: the Facebook account was created in 2008.


249 posted on 03/28/2017 1:05:54 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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