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Re:Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing It... by ssully on Thursday October 13, 2016 @09:49AM (#12700728)
Huff Post is complete trash, but there is a big difference between fabricated stories and garbage presentation.
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Re:Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing It... by welanes on Thursday October 13, 2016 @12:50PM (#12702109)
Well if we're comparing Breitbart and HuffPo I'd say that they're equally mendacious.

Breitbart trades in hyperbole - they will tell us straight up that refugees are mugging grannies which proves Europe has fallen or some such.

HuffPo peddles distortion - their articles come wrapped in intentionally misleading statistics, righteous indignation and snark.

Both terrible. Both hugely popular. I weep for the web.

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