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| Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’; "Honestly, people are definitely dumber." | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 17 2016, 01:17 PM (130 Views) | |
| BuckFan | Nov 17 2016, 01:17 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/facebook-fake-news-writer-%E2%80%98i-think-donald-trump-is-in-the-white-house-because-of-me%E2%80%99/ar-AAkprvV What do the Amish lobby, gay wedding vans and the ban of the national anthem have in common? For starters, they’re all make-believe — and invented by the same man. Paul Horner, the 38-year-old impresario of a Facebook fake-news empire, has made his living off viral news hoaxes for several years. He has twice convinced the Internet that he’s British graffiti artist Banksy; he also published the very viral, very fake news of a Yelp vs. “South Park” lawsuit last year. But in recent months, Horner has found the fake-news ecosystem growing more crowded, more political and vastly more influential: In March, Donald Trump’s son Eric and his then-campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, even tweeted links to one of Horner’s faux-articles. His stories have also appeared as news on Google. |
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| BuckFan | Nov 17 2016, 01:17 PM Post #2 |
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| Harambe4Trump | Nov 17 2016, 01:20 PM Post #3 |
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The "real" media was rendered I'motenf to correct it. Cry me a river |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| Robert Stout | Nov 17 2016, 01:23 PM Post #4 |
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The essence of politics is to tell people what you think they want to hear.............
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| BuckFan | Nov 17 2016, 01:29 PM Post #5 |
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You are one of the people that this guy makes his money off of and it talking about. |
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