what is Fake News really?

@DocAndersen (54402)
United States
January 26, 2019 8:52am CST
I hear the term thrown around like a manhole cover (manhole covers are very heavy and don't fly very well or very far). What exactly is Fake News? I hear the term but I also hear lots of different definitions. What do you think fake news is?
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@JudyEv (342175)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jan 19
I'll go with Four Walls response. I'm lazy that way.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
28 Jan 19
four walls response?
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@JudyEv (342175)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jan 19
@DocAndersen Sorry, I mean the response from Four Walls (@FourWalls), the member who at the moment has the response below mine.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
28 Jan 19
@JudyEv Doh, sorry I am a little sleepy today
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Jan 19
Downright lies and deceptions. Misleading stories.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
26 Jan 19
So where do we find the facts?
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• United States
26 Jan 19
Fake News is anything the opposing party deems to be too close to the truth. Fake News is a term thrown around when someone doesn't want the public to read too much into something. Fake News is a laughingstock of a phrase because the majority of people ignore the main person who uses this phrase.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
26 Jan 19
Awesome - i agree with you!
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@andriaperry (117146)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Jan 19
Theories instead of facts. Hear say instead of facts. Once I made up a lie about myself, told only one person and they knew it was a lie but he was to tell only one guy. Its made it across three states, then it got back to me.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
26 Jan 19
it is always interesting but a theory is something that cannot be disproven facts are not always relevant to theories....
@Janet357 (75646)
26 Jan 19
All the lies about something or someone spread by some on social media and the likes.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
27 Jan 19
it becomes hard to see clearly with all the FUD!
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• Rochester, New York
27 Jan 19
I think you meant to say Scripted??? Thats what I call fake news.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
28 Jan 19
Interesting definition, most news organizations have scripted scrolls that the newspeople read (radio and TV).
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