Does anyone even take the term "fake news" seriously anymore?

It seems to me, more often than not, it's just used as a lazy means of discrediting different news sources that challenge one's views, regardless if it's a valid source or not. Research that refutes an argument of yours? Fake news! Proof of your favorite politician's illegal activities? Fake news! It gets thrown around so much, I don't see how anyone can take it seriously.

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uncalled4 · 56-60, M

Yep. I think that the news lies to us all too frequently. Some of the lies are sins of omission, others are obvious biases. All to sell ad time. So, it's shit, some with menthol mixed in, others have broken glass. But it's still shit.

HootyTheNightOwl

I don't agree with this post - it's fake news!!!

Whodunnit · M

I don't believe anything presented to me in the mainstream media anymore. They're all twisting the truth to support a certain narrative or ideology.

YourMomsSecretCrush · M

these "legitimate" sources are sometimes the worst.

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HootyTheNightOwl

@YourMomsSecretCrush Yeah... curse the scientists in universities for not finding any link between vaccines and autism...

YourMomsSecretCrush · M

@HootyTheNightOwl where the fuck did that come from. go eat a snickers. LOL

HootyTheNightOwl

@YourMomsSecretCrush You're trying to tell me that you went through the whole of the Covid19 pandemic and never once saw one person try to claim that it's a hoax or that the vaccines were just a way to microchip you or even that getting the vaccine will make you magnetic???

Same shit still goes on with childhood vaccines too - so, if anyone needs a snickers, it's certainly not me.

MistyCee

Gee, and I wonder why that is?

Ducky · 31-35, F

@MistyCee Why what is, exactly?

MistyCee

@Ducky Lol. Who popularized the term "fake news" and backed it up by calling the press willing to contradict or criticize him "the enemy of the people?" and went even further by saying "don't listen to your eyes and ears" echoing his 2016 "trust me" stuff?

"Fake News" and before that, allegations of "yellow journalism" predated Trump, just as did the concept of the"big lie," but, imo, he deserves both credit and blame for recasting, promoting, and maybe even reinventing it.

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