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kleinbl00 · 2944 days ago · link · · parent · post: Fake News Is About to Get Scarier than You Ever Dreamed
Dwight Schrute voice "FALSE. The predominance of 'fake news' during the 2016 election cycle was a function of the deprecation of traditional media during the propagandist administration of George W. Bush, which used a carefully crafted organizational system cultivated over decades by Richard Mellon Scaife and others to counteract the flat-footed defeat of Barry Goldwater in 1964. With the election of Donald Trump through the propagation of unvetted news sources, those very same people who unwillingly spread misinformation are..." (looks at camera) "...well, we can hope they'll learn a little fact checking. If nothing else, it gets more 'likes' on Facebook."