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5 minutes ago, revkevsdi said:

Really? The establishment media is the problem?  The banks and oil companies are in the whitehouse. Trump just gave the banks a pass against having to pay for their crimes :lies: and he just opened up offshore drilling everywhere except his backyard. :true: 

There’s more fake Whitehouse than fake news. :lies: 

 

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47 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

I posted about free press yesterday when trump tossed a reporter.

the trump imbeciles didn’t  understand free press

there's no freedom to not answer?

the imbeciles are the 'unbiased' 'journalists'.

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1 hour ago, Highmark said:

We don't need oil?   We don't need energy?  Care to post a link to the whole bank claim?  

Ok so I know you guys hate msm. This site says something about liberty on the title. I’ve never heard of it so Hopefully it’s your kind of site. https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/no-one-watched-trump-pardoned-5-megabanks-corruption-charges.html

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10 minutes ago, revkevsdi said:

Ok so I know you guys hate msm. This site says something about liberty on the title. I’ve never heard of it so Hopefully it’s your kind of site. https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/no-one-watched-trump-pardoned-5-megabanks-corruption-charges.html

Looks like a site to avoid............

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2016-11-14/avoid-these-fake-news-sites-at-all-costs

 

Avoid These Fake News Sites at All Costs

Millions of people read and share fake news or propaganda on social media without even knowing it.

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By Rachel Dicker, Associate Editor, Social Media |Nov. 14, 2016, at 4:59 p.m.

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Fake news websites are all over the internet. Getty

The internet is full of fake news and parody sites. For a long time, people knew them for what they were: sites aimed at entertaining readers with a satirical take on the news.

But as trust in the mainstream media has eroded, and use of social media as a news source has risen, fake news may have become more influential than ever before.

As John Oliver pointed out in Sunday's episode of "Last Week Tonight," 62 percent of Americans get their news from social media, and 44 percent get their news specifically from Facebook.

On Facebook, people can choose the media outlets they follow, so only those outlets will show up on their news feed.

"The impact of corrections [from mainstream media], which may have sunk a candidate in another era, was compromised because there is no longer a consensus on what a fact is," Oliver explained. "Trust in mainstream media outlets has been falling and people can choose to get their news from echo chambers that validate their views."

Even search results have been affected.

For example, the top Google news link for "final election results" on Monday was from a fake-news site called "70 News" which "reported" that Donald Trump had won both the electoral and popular vote. As the Washington Post points out, that's simply not true.

Complicating matters are the plethora of left- and right-leaning propaganda sites out there, deliberately spreading misinformation in order to appeal to certain groups. Satire sites like The Onion and The Borowitz Report are one thing; sites that promote hoaxes for click-bait or play to people's deepest fears are quite another.

"Fake facts circulate on social media to a frightening extent... There is now a whole cottage industry specializing in hyper-partisan, sometimes wildly distorted clickbait," Oliver explained.

 

To combat the circulation of misinformation, Fake News Watch has compiled a list of websites that have been known to be untruthful, ranging from satirical websites to sites trying to pass off lies as truth.

Here are several fake news sites that have become popular on Facebook, and which should be avoided if you're looking for the facts:

Publication Name Approximate Facebook Following Type of News Outlet
The Onion 6,000,000 Satire
The Borowitz Report - The New Yorker 3,000,000 Satire
Duffel Blog 250,000 Satire
Newslo 170,000 Satire
Weekly World News 100,000 Satire
Clickhole 600,000 Satire
American News 5,000,000 Hoax
DC Gazette 420,000 Hoax
Activist Post 540,000 Propaganda
Before It's News 400,000 Propaganda
Daily Buzz Live 160,000 Propaganda
Disclose TV 1,900,000 Propaganda
InfoWars 613,000 Propaganda
Natural News 2,000,000 Propaganda
Red Flag News 270,000 Propaganda
World Truth TV 1,700,000 Propaganda
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11 minutes ago, T1R9sledder said:

Looks like a site to avoid............

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2016-11-14/avoid-these-fake-news-sites-at-all-costs

 

Avoid These Fake News Sites at All Costs

Millions of people read and share fake news or propaganda on social media without even knowing it.

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By Rachel Dicker, Associate Editor, Social Media |Nov. 14, 2016, at 4:59 p.m.

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Fake news websites are all over the internet. Getty

The internet is full of fake news and parody sites. For a long time, people knew them for what they were: sites aimed at entertaining readers with a satirical take on the news.

But as trust in the mainstream media has eroded, and use of social media as a news source has risen, fake news may have become more influential than ever before.

As John Oliver pointed out in Sunday's episode of "Last Week Tonight," 62 percent of Americans get their news from social media, and 44 percent get their news specifically from Facebook.

On Facebook, people can choose the media outlets they follow, so only those outlets will show up on their news feed.

"The impact of corrections [from mainstream media], which may have sunk a candidate in another era, was compromised because there is no longer a consensus on what a fact is," Oliver explained. "Trust in mainstream media outlets has been falling and people can choose to get their news from echo chambers that validate their views."

Even search results have been affected.

For example, the top Google news link for "final election results" on Monday was from a fake-news site called "70 News" which "reported" that Donald Trump had won both the electoral and popular vote. As the Washington Post points out, that's simply not true.

Complicating matters are the plethora of left- and right-leaning propaganda sites out there, deliberately spreading misinformation in order to appeal to certain groups. Satire sites like The Onion and The Borowitz Report are one thing; sites that promote hoaxes for click-bait or play to people's deepest fears are quite another.

"Fake facts circulate on social media to a frightening extent... There is now a whole cottage industry specializing in hyper-partisan, sometimes wildly distorted clickbait," Oliver explained.

 

To combat the circulation of misinformation, Fake News Watch has compiled a list of websites that have been known to be untruthful, ranging from satirical websites to sites trying to pass off lies as truth.

Here are several fake news sites that have become popular on Facebook, and which should be avoided if you're looking for the facts:

Publication Name Approximate Facebook Following Type of News Outlet
The Onion 6,000,000 Satire
The Borowitz Report - The New Yorker 3,000,000 Satire
Duffel Blog 250,000 Satire
Newslo 170,000 Satire
Weekly World News 100,000 Satire
Clickhole 600,000 Satire
American News 5,000,000 Hoax
DC Gazette 420,000 Hoax
Activist Post 540,000 Propaganda
Before It's News 400,000 Propaganda
Daily Buzz Live 160,000 Propaganda
Disclose TV 1,900,000 Propaganda
InfoWars 613,000 Propaganda
Natural News 2,000,000 Propaganda
Red Flag News 270,000 Propaganda
World Truth TV 1,700,000 Propaganda

My link must be good. It’s not on your list and it’s not main stream. It must be perfect. 

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22 minutes ago, revkevsdi said:

Ok so I know you guys hate msm. This site says something about liberty on the title. I’ve never heard of it so Hopefully it’s your kind of site. https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/no-one-watched-trump-pardoned-5-megabanks-corruption-charges.html

:lol: 

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1 minute ago, T1R9sledder said:

Link works.....Look again......It's considered a propaganda site............Nice try......

From his links.  Trump wasn't even POTUS.  :lol:  

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/12/29/2017-27977/exemptions-from-certain-prohibited-transaction-restrictions

On November 21, 2016, the Department of Labor (the Department) published a notice of proposed exemption in the Federal Register at 81 FR 83372, for certain entities with specified relationships to JPMC to continue to rely upon the relief provided by PTE 84-14 for a period of five years,[2] notwithstanding JPMC's criminal conviction, as described herein. The Department is granting this exemption in order to ensure that Covered Plans [3] whose assets are managed by a JPMC Affiliated QPAM or JPMC Related QPAM may continue to benefit from the relief provided by PTE 84-14. The exemption is effective from January 10, 2018 through January 9, 2023 (the Exemption Period).

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3 minutes ago, Highmark said:

From his links.  Trump wasn't even POTUS.  :lol:  

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/12/29/2017-27977/exemptions-from-certain-prohibited-transaction-restrictions

On November 21, 2016, the Department of Labor (the Department) published a notice of proposed exemption in the Federal Register at 81 FR 83372, for certain entities with specified relationships to JPMC to continue to rely upon the relief provided by PTE 84-14 for a period of five years,[2] notwithstanding JPMC's criminal conviction, as described herein. The Department is granting this exemption in order to ensure that Covered Plans [3] whose assets are managed by a JPMC Affiliated QPAM or JPMC Related QPAM may continue to benefit from the relief provided by PTE 84-14. The exemption is effective from January 10, 2018 through January 9, 2023 (the Exemption Period).

To quote the late great Keith Jackson "Whoa nellie".......:lol::bc:

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3 hours ago, SnowRider said:

And you're absolutely dumber than shit along with the most easily triggered Clown Posse member  :thumbsup:  Now fuck off :lmao: 

 

:fishing:

look at the most in self aware dip shit on the web just did it again . brovo true to  tool kit fashion 

go try folding a towel 

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22 minutes ago, Highmark said:

From his links.  Trump wasn't even POTUS.  :lol:  

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/12/29/2017-27977/exemptions-from-certain-prohibited-transaction-restrictions

On November 21, 2016, the Department of Labor (the Department) published a notice of proposed exemption in the Federal Register at 81 FR 83372, for certain entities with specified relationships to JPMC to continue to rely upon the relief provided by PTE 84-14 for a period of five years,[2] notwithstanding JPMC's criminal conviction, as described herein. The Department is granting this exemption in order to ensure that Covered Plans [3] whose assets are managed by a JPMC Affiliated QPAM or JPMC Related QPAM may continue to benefit from the relief provided by PTE 84-14. The exemption is effective from January 10, 2018 through January 9, 2023 (the Exemption Period).

 

17 minutes ago, T1R9sledder said:

To quote the late great Keith Jackson "Whoa nellie".......:lol::bc:

I just can’t keep up with all these rule changes. So now your telling me that we can’t blame the current potus for stuff that happened before he was sworn in?

and even worse than that spewing info from a propaganda site isn’t allowed?

wtf???? Has someone told Trump?

 

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8 hours ago, Zambroski said:

And the press has to be non-biased.

Like Fox and Breitbart?

News is a choice, you guys go on and on like little girls about the press yet you have numerous news choices that bash any Dem or lib, a free press is a two way street and that's the way it should be.

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1 minute ago, Mileage Psycho said:

Like Fox and Breitbart?

News is a choice, you guys go on and on like little girls about the press yet you have numerous news choices that bash any Dem or lib, a free press is a two way street and that's the way it should be.

This just in, wince likes the fake news of cnn 

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12 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said:

Like Fox and Breitbart?

News is a choice, you guys go on and on like little girls about the press yet you have numerous news choices that bash any Dem or lib, a free press is a two way street and that's the way it should be.

Your press is HORRENDOUS.  It’s comical.  I have no idea what Brietbart is about but I’ve heard it’s right wing fantasy the opposite of CNN so I avoid it.  Fox, while certainly righty, still does a decent job of actual information and news.  When they start to go off course, it’s easy enough to tune them out.  What Fox has been able to do extremely well is take what crap you are being fed and completely debunk it, step by step, piece by piece with facts and accuracy.  Your side is still losing their minds over last November.  It’s hilariously sad.  And what is happening is nothing more than the remanants of your idiot king’s ability to divide this nation in ways not seen since segregation.

Well done Vince!  Keep sending your party of hate and divide your money that Trump is doubling up for you!

Do you feel smart?  

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2 minutes ago, Zambroski said:

Your press is HORRENDOUS.  It’s comical.  I have no idea what Brietbart is about but I’ve heard it’s right wing fantasy the opposite of CNN so I avoid it.  Fox, while certainly righty, still does a decent job of actual information and news.  When they start to go off course, it’s easy enough to tune them out.  What Fox has been able to do extremely well is take what crap you are being fed and completely debunk it, step by step, piece by piece with facts and accuracy.  Your side is still losing their minds over last November.  It’s hilariously sad.  And what is happening is nothing more than the remanants of your idiot king’s ability to divide this nation in ways not seen since segregation.

Well done Vince!  Keep sending your party of hate and divide your money that Trump is doubling up for you!

Do you feel smart?  

Fox has turned into the most balanced news out there 

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1 minute ago, Rod Johnson said:

Fox has turned into the most balanced news out there 

That’s why Obama blames them for his liberal fascist movement failures and the ass beating of that lying, treasonous piece of shit queen.

Damn Fox News!!!!!

:lol:

 

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