What is Your Opinion on "Fake News"?

Is it real, as in is it really fake as Trump says? Some is, depending upon the source. The National Enquirer comes to mind for fake news.

From what I can read and research, it's not fake, it's more that it is news he doesn't like, or that is inconvenient for him.

True, sometimes, infrequently though, reported news is wrong, even fraudulently wrong; but mostly when a major news source finds they have printed incorrect information, they correct it.

What are your thoughts?

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therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

Yes the correction usually gets buried on the 57th page of a newspaper or website. On tv it is one blurb/correction of thirty seconds. You exist in the age of trial by media but nobody ever holds them accountable.

We live in a world of perception and the use of perception as an intimidating force. We found out Obama's IRS was illegaly auditing conservatives tax returns. The justice department is paying out settlements to these people as we speak.

But did it really matter if the IRS was auditing conservatives, wasn't the perception that they were doing it just as bad? Wasn't the perception used to intimidate people of conservative views from ever speaking out if they had conservative views for fear of repercussions?

The same thing with fake news, get something out there and run with it. If we have to make a correction, we will for thirty seconds on one single day and the only thing which will remain in the person's mind is the narrative we created, not the facts. Propaganda 101, tell a lie often and it eventually becomes the truth to people. People never remember the correction.

We live in the age of unaccountability, news is no longer the focus of a citizenry lost in their own worlds of illusion. The news media is never held accountable by anybody. High people in government are never held accountable by anybody. Society is breaking down because people have become totally jaded. Everybody now has the perception that most major news outlets can't be trusted and with good reason.

Until somebody is held accountable and goes to jail, nothing will change. Until people start living in reality rather within their own perceptions and confirmation biases we will forever remain polarized. Logic and reason no longer apply to a society all lost in their group thought cults.