Fake News

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There's two sides to the expression, I believe.

On the one hand there's this so-called "news" is untrue, it is a conscious deliberate lie put out in order to steal headlines and deflect people from real news.

And on the other hand there's who cares whether that fake news is true or not, it's not what I want to talk about. It's not the agenda, it's distraction, it's annoying, I don't allow it.

So, since nobody can argue about the second, we'll focus just on the first. If anyone can offer a term for each which distinguishes them, say so.

The way to find out if news is true or untrue is often to check where it came from. Fortunately we have Google and it has date range selectivity.

So, I maintain, if I find an old enough story that it's before the issue became contentious, it's a good sign it's unbiased and true. It was news. It may now be embarrassing in today's context but that's okay. If it has words they're not made-up words, if it has photos they're not faked photos. They're too old to be faked up, given the source.

And yes, I'll give the source every time.

Game, are we? Fly low, take cover, go fast.

[LarsMac]

I'm in