Originally Posted By Scott Langholff
Originally Posted By tony mads usa

(Only the far-right hate it because this network tends to be politically correct).

I have no idea as to the veracity of the story, but as I believe I said in an earlier, regardless of what side of the fence one is on "fake news" is that news that goes against one's leanings or beliefs ...


I could not disagree more. Fake news has nothing to do with what one's leanings or beliefs are. It's got to do whether it is actually true or not.
I hear fake news on all sides. On CNN as well as FOX.
Also, neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have a monopoly on stupid.
Scott


Scott, I am basically in agreement with you ... I did not say one station has fake news, the other has not ... In an earlier post I even stated that I don't trust any of them, because they all have their own agenda ...

Originally Posted By bruno123

Tony says, “Fake news is that news which goes against one’s learnings and beliefs”.
I feel that fake news places us in a position of how are we to handle this fake news ---- without becoming like them.
Tony, would you expand on your statement, I think that it is needed in times like these?
John C.


John, first a slight correction - I said "leanings" not "learnings" ...

I think I explained part of it in my response to Scott, but to add, all too often I will hear "I don't watch 'XXX' (fill in any news station) because that's all fake news ... In fact, in a recent post someone said about FOX 'it's 90% fake news' ... So it may be too broad a generalization, but I think people watch certain news stations because the news is going to be presented in a way that tracks their beliefs ...
Too bad we can't go back to when news was news, and not sensationalism ...