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Re:Common-Knowledge Attacks on Democracy by nabla9 on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @08:32PM (#18557387)
Fake news and yellow journalism are not the same thing. Yellow journalism is just sensationalism, entertainment and bad journalism.

Fake news is deliberate disinformation for propaganda purposes.

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Re:Common-Knowledge Attacks on Democracy by coldtea on Thursday November 29, 2018 @07:12AM (#18559623)
Nope, yellow journalism peddled extensively in "deliberate disinformation for propaganda purposes" as well.

It's not just something like sensational stories or gossip columns that's yellow journalism. It was used for political purposes to scare the population, attract voters, and so on...

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