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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by usefulcat on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:25PM (#15117761)
"Some groups flat out make up news stories to fit some narrative. What else are you going to call that than 'fake news'?"

Thankfully we have a word for that, and it even has a relatively well agreed upon meaning: lies.

The problem with the label "fake news" is, as has been pointed out, that it can mean different things to different people.

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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by Retric on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:32PM (#15117848)
I think the counter argument is tabloids are not simply called lairs.

Weekly world news can have 'Batboy returns' as a headline and sure it's false. But, bookstores also have fiction sections...

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