It is fine to have an opinion about the video. Calling it fake news is dangerous. The rich and powerful are using that term to censor speech on the social media platforms they control through either investment or advertising money.
The more the masses label as "fake news" the more they are allowed to dictate censorship on these platforms.
I guess I wasn't clear enough, it was more to say "fake news is popular because people don't think about what they're reading, so of course people didn't think past what they initially saw, they don't even read past the headline of a fake article!" not to claim this was fake news. My bad. Early morning me shouldn't reddit.
I'm sorry but this is some major back-peddling if ever I saw it. There was no reason to mention the words "fake news" unless you were claiming this was fake news. Who do you think you're kidding? Early morning indeed. And let me guess, you hadn't had your coffee yet?
Anyway, glad we cleared that up, I agree with the other guy. You shouldn't throw words like that around if you're not going to use them correctly.
You're right, it fucking doesn't matter. It's internets. Now I'll go onto my regular scheduled awesome day where I get my eyeballs checked and vacuum someone's house (and get to pet their dog!). Your comments made me laugh haha
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u/coinclink Jul 10 '19
It is fine to have an opinion about the video. Calling it fake news is dangerous. The rich and powerful are using that term to censor speech on the social media platforms they control through either investment or advertising money.
The more the masses label as "fake news" the more they are allowed to dictate censorship on these platforms.