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usefulcat on Aug 28, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook says Pages that regularly share false new...

"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.

Retric on Aug 28, 2017 [–]

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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