Should We Be Worried By "fake News" On The Internet (And Elsewhere)

[ichkeria]

Or are we all much to clever to be taken in by it?

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/14/google-officials-promised-stop-making-fake-news-profitable-one-month-later-theyve-failed/214812

[jno]

man tweets about Hillary Clinton's involvement in sex crimes with children; gets National Security Adviser job

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/14/politics/kfile-flynn-deleted-tweets/

Fake news can obviously be good for your career (if your career is with Trump, anyway)

[ichkeria]

Thanks jno

Did it come from here?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-macedonia-became-a-global-hub-for-pro-trump-misinfo?utm_term=.xjvE4KjRD#.hsM5V9rOx

It's a big industry in some places