this is 2016, we should step the verification bar a little higher than 'someone saw a message'
What? It was a message sent by the director of the CIA to all personnel in the CIA according to the account. That's a fairly solid source of "the message".
In the closed-door Senate briefing,
Equally damning, how do we know these "Senators" even exist. I've never met one. I demand proof.
IDK, but I think you're trying to equate Washington Post stating that a public figure made a public announcement to other people in government as "fake news" because you can't
prove that the director of the CIA made that statement, you only have the WaPo reporters word for it. And WaPo is so fucking
known for just randomly making up fake shit that government people didn't actually say.
Except not. Washington Post is an established newspaper with a reputation. The
Fake News is something else entirely -
fake newspapers reporting fake events from fake towns with quotes from non-existent residents of the town that doesn't actually exist.:
http://www.snopes.com/fbi-agent-murder-suicide/Reports that an FBI agent investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server killed himself after murdering his wife are just fake news.
Well, how do they know that's "Fake News". After all anything on the internet is equally valid regardless of source, right? This news must be just as valid as the Washington Post quoting the head of the CIA? Right? No fucking way that's true.
"Denver Guardian" first up, is the "source". But there is no such newspaper. The Denver Post is the actual local paper. Second the event happened in "Walkerville. Maryland". A town that doesn't exist. FBI agent, Michael Brown who was killed? Non-existent person. Also, the Denver Guardian "newspaper" website where the story was posted has a non-existent street address and non-working links. So when people say "fake news" they're talking
fake from top to bottom. Even the publisher is a fake. More info:
http://joeforamerica.com/2016/11/fbi-agent-suspected-hillary-email-leaks-found-dead/“Mrs. Brown’s death was caused by a gunshot wound prior to the house fire,” Walkerville Police Chief Pat Frederick said, “while Mr. Brown’s single-bullet head wound appears to have been self-inflicted.”
Except that "Police Chief Pat Frederick"
doesn't exist, he's the non-existent police chief of the town that doesn't exist, talking about the non-existent crime, being reported in the fake online newspaper.
And people have a gall to say "Washington post claims that the director of the CIA made such-and-such public statement. FAKE NEWS! He never said it!"
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Just because some random person can put things on the internet that are made up doesn't mean established newspapers are suddenly any more suspect than before.
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