Fakenews
Used to defend an illogical position, or a way to avoid using critical thinking skills when a news source does not match a personal or ideological bias.
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fake news conference
We all just sat there for four years in a row, at each and every fake news conference, knowing that it was all lies laid end to end.
fake news conference by Dr Bunnygirl March 19, 2021
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fake news fuckheads
45’s special pet name for news channel staffers who aired his absurd black Sharpie pen shitshow as he tried to legitimize a fake story he’d concocted that a portion of Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian.
C’mon you fake news fuckheads, just lemme get this fake bullshit on the air for two minutes and then those Polacks will accept my whole cancellation story that I pulled outta my ass!
fake news fuckheads by Dr Bunnygirl September 5, 2019
Fake news
Fake news is a piece of news which has been distributed by a news organisation which contains some form of dishonesty, typically to promote a political agenda. Fake news can be broken down into a number of categories, which are:
Outright lie - The news piece contains a claim which is objectively false.
Lying by omission - the deliberate exclusion of information from the news piece which is critical to properly understanding the situation.
Lying by structure - the deliberate positioning of critical information at the end of a news report, resulting in many people not actually hearing the full story.
Selective outrage - deliberately reporting on a event which supports a particular political narrative, while ignoring similar events which would go against the desired narrative.
Emotive appeal - structuring a news piece in such a way as to attempt to emotionally manipulate the audience instead of focusing on the facts of the situation.
Hidden retraction - a news organisation will make a claim which is false, and then correct their original statement in such a way that fewer people will see the correction than saw the original news piece.
Outright lie - The news piece contains a claim which is objectively false.
Lying by omission - the deliberate exclusion of information from the news piece which is critical to properly understanding the situation.
Lying by structure - the deliberate positioning of critical information at the end of a news report, resulting in many people not actually hearing the full story.
Selective outrage - deliberately reporting on a event which supports a particular political narrative, while ignoring similar events which would go against the desired narrative.
Emotive appeal - structuring a news piece in such a way as to attempt to emotionally manipulate the audience instead of focusing on the facts of the situation.
Hidden retraction - a news organisation will make a claim which is false, and then correct their original statement in such a way that fewer people will see the correction than saw the original news piece.
Fake news by Phoenix797 June 26, 2018
fake news
A term formerly useful for describing websites consisting entirely of intentionally fabricated news stories, but now used to describe virtually anything that does not mesh with one's own views.
Actual real-world examples of how "fake news" has been used:
"Fake news that's being released by some foreign government"
"Fake news was able to spread so easily from sources like InfoWars and Breitbart and TheBlaze"
"the Rolling Stone, which did so much to damage the reputation of journalism with their fake news"
"the New York Times IS fake news"
"Kellyanne Conway is fake news"
"fake news from the CIA"
"the fake news phenomenon is spreading to children's toys"
Source: Vice article entitled "Watch 'fake news' become a meaningless phrase
"Fake news that's being released by some foreign government"
"Fake news was able to spread so easily from sources like InfoWars and Breitbart and TheBlaze"
"the Rolling Stone, which did so much to damage the reputation of journalism with their fake news"
"the New York Times IS fake news"
"Kellyanne Conway is fake news"
"fake news from the CIA"
"the fake news phenomenon is spreading to children's toys"
Source: Vice article entitled "Watch 'fake news' become a meaningless phrase
fake news by DisillusionedPolitico March 6, 2017
Word of the Day on March 10, 2017
Very Fake News
CNN
MSNBC
A new term made popular by President Trump when referring to biased media particularly against him.
MSNBC
A new term made popular by President Trump when referring to biased media particularly against him.
Mr. President do you think Putin is testing you? No. I don't think so that's very fake news.
When referred to:
In recent real news, Trump has downgraded CNN from fake news to very fake news. Back to you Karen.
When referred to:
In recent real news, Trump has downgraded CNN from fake news to very fake news. Back to you Karen.
Very Fake News by TRUMP2017 February 16, 2017
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green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.
Rashness with little concern of consequence.
Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare
"My salad days,
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- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
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Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare
"My salad days,
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A)
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B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.
B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.
B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
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Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.
B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
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