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Re:Fake News Challenge by gonmf on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @03:52PM (#13545025)
Yes you can convey information much more objective than today. For example, on the more recent migration ban story:

"The White House has announced today at 7h30, through speaker ..., a piece of legislation that, quote: ~first paragraph summary of the legislation~.

You can read the full text here.

On the opinion of Bla bla, this legislation is innefective etc etc.

Disclaimer: Bla bla is not related to any of the mentioned organizations, though he declares he tends to agree with the opinion of former president Obama on most issues. You can read more about this commenter here."

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Re:Fake News Challenge by notahacker on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @04:07PM (#13545198)
Leading with a verbatim reproduction of the text describing the purpose of a bill (almost invariably a statement carefully crafted to make a political point) and adding a disclaimer to any points made in opposition is anything but an objective approach to news reporting.
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