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Can you spot Fake News?

posted 7 years ago by Vlad_the_Emailer
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Or as I think of it, False Light News. For example:

A firefighter is at home taking a shower. He hears a commotion outside so he looks out his window. He sees a car flipped over, leaking gas, and on fire. He runs outside naked, and pulls a young mother and her two young daughters out of the burning car.

Which of these two headlines is factually inaccurate:

1. Local Firefighter Saves Family From Burning Vehicle

2. Local Man Publicly Exposes Himself To Two Young Children

You can only vote once. Have at it.

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[–] Patricia91 7 years ago

Yeah, it's in Daily Mail.
Or lots of nonsense is printed on April 1.

The news is real. The President is fake.

[–] Bubbathegut (17273) 7 years ago

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[–] Vlad_the_Emailer 7 years ago

No really. None of you amateur commentators can answer?

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[–] TrashcanDude 7 years ago

Did he have a hard on while saving the daughters?

The Original 'The Trashcan Man' since 2001

[–] Vlad_the_Emailer 7 years ago

Depends on which pundit you ask.

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[–] TrashcanDude 7 years ago

"When a naked man is chasing a woman with a butcher knife and a hard-on.... I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross..." Dirty Harry

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[–] PopeFrancisGoesToHollywood 7 years ago

Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards.
~ Frank Drebin

[–] Thin_Paper_Walls 7 years ago

I wouldn't classify either as "fake news," the latter is just an example of spin.

The journals "Science" and "Nature" also have a political agenda. - jon-gwynne

[–] Vlad_the_Emailer 7 years ago

So who's spin do you choose to believe?

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