At the same time, some news can be 100% fake, from top to bottom.
For example, Salon, NBC News, MSNBC, CBS, and CNN reported at one point that Donald Trump was requesting to give his children top-level security clearance in the White House. One of the articles said: "Donald Trump’s trying to give his kids top secret security clearance, making sure his conflicts of interest are extra bold." These reports were disproven by USA Today reports later that day, which reported that none of the stories were true.
Fake News was one of the most controversial topics of last year.
But if there is a definition everybody can agree upon, why is everyone still arguing? The truth is that people aren't arguing about what fake news means, but rather, where fake news comes from. People will see the Fox News logo and say "that's fake news." Others will turn off CNN with the same reasoning." Everyone knows what the "fake news" means, but most people have a different understanding of where the word is to be applied. For example, Donald Trump has his own idea of where it comes from. In fact, here is a list of everything Donald Trump has given the honor of "fake news."
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Donald Trump has ever called "Fake News."
Donald Trump has ever called "Fake News."
The popularity of the term "Fake News" perfectly exhibits the negative attitude that millions of Americans express toward the mainstream media.
According to Newseum & Gallup polls...
- 8 percent of Americans expressed “a great deal” of confidence in newspapers.
- 32 percent of Americans have at least “a fair amount” of trust in the mainstream media.
- 23 percent of Americans “believe that the news media attempts to report on news without bias.”
- 85 percent of conservatives disagreed with the idea that the media report without bias. 71 percent of moderates and 68 percent of liberals agreed.
These numbers speak for themselves, and it is no mystery as to why so many people seem to have their own idea of what 'fake news" is.