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Website Labeled ‘Fake News’ Threatens To Sue WaPo For Defamation

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[FONT=&quot]One of the websites The Washington Post labeled “fake news” in a November story demanded a retraction and threatened the paper with a defamation lawsuit in a demand letter Sunday.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

Read more: Website Labeled 'Fake News' Threatens To Sue WaPo For Defamation | The Daily Caller[/FONT]
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So, here's the question....What constitutes a "fake" news site? Is it just because a heavy hitter like the NYTimes, or WaPo says so? We are all about to find out.....What say you?
 
j-mac said:
So, here's the question....What constitutes a "fake" news site? Is it just because a heavy hitter like the NYTimes, or WaPo says so? We are all about to find out.....What say you?
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When the consistently publish stories that did not happen or have no basis.
 
j-mac said:
So, here's the question....What constitutes a "fake" news site? Is it just because a heavy hitter like the NYTimes, or WaPo says so? We are all about to find out.....What say you?
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I'm pretty sure WaPo are the last organization to label anyone as "fake news".
 
TheDemSocialist said:
When the consistently publish stories that did not happen or have no basis.
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Who makes that determination? Should a government board be created to vet news stories and clear them for distribution?
 
apdst said:
Who makes that determination? Should a government board be created to vet news stories and clear them for distribution?
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We as consumers make that determination. And the Washington Post can make its own determination as well. Any media outlet can.
 
Doesn't sound good for WaPo. Looks like they may have been a little over zealous in their participation with the "Hillary lost for this reason, and not because she was out of touch with the voters" mantra.

Not to say that fake news is not bad, but it sure looks like WaPo may be guilty of printing fake news themselves by listing this web site's name.

I imagine the irony will be lost on a lot of folks, however.
 
j-mac said:
So, here's the question....What constitutes a "fake" news site? Is it just because a heavy hitter like the NYTimes, or WaPo says so? We are all about to find out.....What say you?
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I'd say it's any site that publishes "anonymous" allegations, ala "Clinton child sex trafficking ring headquartered in DC Pizza Parlor", then says basically, "prove it isn't true."
 
DiAnna said:
I'd say it's any site that publishes "anonymous" allegations, ala "Clinton child sex trafficking ring headquartered in DC Pizza Parlor", then says basically, "prove it isn't true."
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Some guy actually shot up that pizza parlor over that fake story.
 
Pizzagate probably has quite a few grains of truth to it.. But you can't just believe something like that, or say tht it is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth..

If a site reports "their is a popular conspiracy going around called pizzagate thay may or may not be based on truth" it is not fake news..

If a site reports"pizzagate is 100% real look what they found out about hillary" that may be fake news..
 
DiAnna said:
I'd say it's any site that publishes "anonymous" allegations, ala "Clinton child sex trafficking ring headquartered in DC Pizza Parlor", then says basically, "prove it isn't true."
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Well, to be fair, the MSM outlets have over the past decade or longer, been using their fair share of "anonymous sourcing" and daring detractors to disprove....And I think that'll be modus operandi from here on out....
 
Orly? said:
Pizzagate probably has quite a few grains of truth to it.. But you can't just believe something like that, or say tht it is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth..

If a site reports "their is a popular conspiracy going around called pizzagate thay may or may not be based on truth" it is not fake news..

If a site reports"pizzagate is 100% real look what they found out about hillary" that may be fake news..
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Well that answers one question, at least: who the hell is the target audience for these fake stories?
 
LOL oh the irony!!

WaPo is publishing lies!!

All you need to invert reality is a lack of knowledge, intelligence, or preferably, both.
 
j-mac said:
Well, to be fair, the MSM outlets have over the past decade or longer, been using their fair share of "anonymous sourcing" and daring detractors to disprove....And I think that'll be modus operandi from here on out....
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Anonymous sourcing wasn't always the problem that it is now. Back in the day, anonymous sources were a great way to get the scoop that would have been impossible otherwise (think: Deep Throat). Now it's just a way to release just about any scoop, and it's made it near impossible to distinguish the lazy journalists from the bona fide Woodwards and Bernsteins who are using anonymous sources for the right reasons.

But what distinguishes fake news from lazy news, is that one doesn't spend adequate time verifying the stories, and the other just...makes them up.
 
Orly? said:
Here are some more examples of fake news..

"Trump mocks reporter for his disability" = FAKE NEWS!!!
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Fake if George Lucas used cgi to create that entire video.

"Trump rape victims press charges" = Fake news..
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Various women did in fact accuse him of sexual assault.

"Trump looses XXXXX votes in wisconsin before recount begins" FAKE news..
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I didn't see that story appear in anything but some blog, so yeah, almost certainly fake.
 
Cardinal said:
Anonymous sourcing wasn't always the problem that it is now. Back in the day, anonymous sources were a great way to get the scoop that would have been impossible otherwise (think: Deep Throat). Now it's just a way to release just about any scoop, and it's made it near impossible to distinguish the lazy journalists from the bona fide Woodwards and Bernsteins who are using anonymous sources for the right reasons.

But what distinguishes fake news from lazy news, is that one doesn't spend adequate time verifying the stories, and the other just...makes them up.
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Well, I think that is just splitting hairs....Lot's of damage is done by these stories using anonymous sourcing, or as you put it, lazy journalism....Just in another thread, Rob and I were having a conversation on whether or not Alex Jones was attributed to the right. I pose no, and Rob gave me a NYTimes article where it claims that Jones says that Trump called him to thank him for support....And that automatically means that the "right" claims Jones? come on.....
 
Cardinal said:
Fake if George Lucas used cgi to create that entire video.
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lol....Funny


Various women did in fact accuse him of sexual assault.
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Accuse? Or press charges....There is a difference

I didn't see that story appear in anything but some blog, so yeah, almost certainly fake.
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Are all blogs "fake"???? Or are they opinion?
 
Orly? said:
Pizzagate probably has quite a few grains of truth to it.. But you can't just believe something like that, or say tht it is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth..

If a site reports "their is a popular conspiracy going around called pizzagate thay may or may not be based on truth" it is not fake news..

If a site reports"pizzagate is 100% real look what they found out about hillary" that may be fake news..
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No. Any site that reports rumor based on anonymous sources with no evidence whatsoever, then basically punts the football by saying "it may or may not be true" is actually saying "until it is proven false, we will continue to report it."

That's the thing; a falsehood cannot be proven, because it's impossible to prove a negative. Something must be shown to be true or possibly true based upon real, verifiable evidence. These cheap partisan sites are just as fake as their premise.
 
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