What is it? What is "fake news"?
Even as far back as the 18th and 19th centuries, when the proverbial newspaper was "king" of conveying the latest hot-button topics and essential stories-of-the-day, it has always been a common practice for the news media to often either cover something up by presenting a false account---or, when what they reported was factual, conveniently leave out essential details, or put their own spin on a story, presenting the known facts in a way that fit the popular narratives of the day.
And, to this day, those essential practices of the news media still remain pretty much the same. All throughout the era of radio and television, and now well into the era of the internet, that underlying mindset appears unchanged .
However, I wouldn't quite call it "fake news". There's still a lot of truth in what usually gets reported.
Rather, I'd refer to it more as "deceptive news". Or "inadequate accounting", wherein what's reported is usually factual enough, but is presented in a subjectively suggestive manner for the purpose of leaving a certain impression of the subject on the viewer/listener/reader.
Even as far back as the 18th and 19th centuries, when the proverbial newspaper was "king" of conveying the latest hot-button topics and essential stories-of-the-day, it has always been a common practice for the news media to often either cover something up by presenting a false account---or, when what they reported was factual, conveniently leave out essential details, or put their own spin on a story, presenting the known facts in a way that fit the popular narratives of the day.
And, to this day, those essential practices of the news media still remain pretty much the same. All throughout the era of radio and television, and now well into the era of the internet, that underlying mindset appears unchanged .
However, I wouldn't quite call it "fake news". There's still a lot of truth in what usually gets reported.
Rather, I'd refer to it more as "deceptive news". Or "inadequate accounting", wherein what's reported is usually factual enough, but is presented in a subjectively suggestive manner for the purpose of leaving a certain impression of the subject on the viewer/listener/reader.
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