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Since Donald Trump apparently has a serious problem distinguishing "fake" news from real news, The Onion should write a satire piece about how great he is and see if they can get him to retweet it. (self.CrazyIdeas)

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That's the only thing I can think of that is more ridiculous than linking to Breitbart after calling out CNN for being "fake".

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[–]girl_in_a_hat 1041 ポイント1042 ポイント  (36子コメント)

This happened with former FIFA VP Jack Warner

https://youtu.be/qr6ar3xJL_Q?t=4m25s

[–]nvanprooyen[S] 353 ポイント354 ポイント  (30子コメント)

I completely forgot about that. Gold.

[–]Fapiness 142 ポイント143 ポイント  (13子コメント)

Typing gold doesn't give him gold. Shell out some dough cheapskate!

[–]DonkeyKongsAsshole 83 ポイント84 ポイント  (5子コメント)

Haha, so true! Copper.

[–]42Zarniwoop42 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Oh ho but the video is what's gold, not the random redditor's link to said video. It is John Oliver who deserves gold here

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      [–]StargateMunky101 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Chris Morris used to be really good at this sort of thing. Winding up celebrities and pushing the boundaries as subtlety as he can.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEolSjlcqng

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8fAr2rz-_Q

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC3c2a4dbcI

      https://youtu.be/veAVogm6LfM?t=150

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        [–]SirrLagsALot 1917 ポイント1918 ポイント  (116子コメント)

        With fascist subtext to see how much of a following it gets

        [–]Hannibals_balls 602 ポイント603 ポイント  (41子コメント)

        talking about potatoes in the second half of the article and their importance to Western culture.

        [–]You_can_pm_me_random 199 ポイント200 ポイント  (40子コメント)

        What are these potatoes you are talking about?

        [–]SoldierofNotch 208 ポイント209 ポイント  (30子コメント)

        Found the Latvian.

        [–]RamsesThePigeon 592 ポイント593 ポイント  (27子コメント)

        Stop, stop, stop!

        No more Latvian joke! Joke is not funny, not creative, and not even accurate!

        Latvia is great country. We have many potato, many beautiful woman, and many very unique cultural experience. Latvian humor is very exquisite, also! For example, I offer joke:

        "A man and brother are walking to buy new shoes. Man turns to brother and asks 'What kind of shoes you will get?' Brother replies, 'I will get shoes that are more expensive than the shoes that you get.' Man answers, 'But I am pay for shoes!' Brother says, 'Yes, but I am not married!'"

        Ho ho ho ho ho! You see?

        So, please, do not joke about Latvia. Latvia is very excellent country. I am so hungry and my dog is run away.

        [–]itsbagelnotbagel 198 ポイント199 ポイント  (14子コメント)

        Upvote for proper use of quotes in a quote

        [–]PM_ME_YOUR_KEVIN 24 ポイント25 ポイント  (1子コメント)

        Found the Latvian

        [–]letsplayterraria 33 ポイント34 ポイント  (1子コメント)

        I'm excited to see you in the wild. Love your stories.

        [–]letsplayterraria 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (1子コメント)

        I'm excited to see you in the wild. Love your stories.

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            [–]Briggster 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (3子コメント)

            I like to think that Trump being president-elect now is similar to the "not-knowing-what-a-potato-is"TIFU.
            In the beginning it was meant as a joke, but now they have to go with it.

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              [–]TrainspottingLad 121 ポイント122 ポイント  (60子コメント)

              Donald Trump voted "Most Best" fascist, over Mussolini, Franco & Hitler. I don't think we even need the subtext or grammar.

              [–]pecuchet 35 ポイント36 ポイント  (0子コメント)

              I feel like this will backfire when it turns out that all his supporters agree and then he just carries on like he meant it.

              edit: typed with my elbow.

              [–]ok2nvme 47 ポイント48 ポイント  (1子コメント)

              Don't encourage them.

              People pretending like Trump wasn't a joke is how we got here.

              [–]johndiscoe 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

              No it isn't, there was a perfect storm of events that lead to it, but mainly is just the American portion of the global nationalist cycle after years of globalisation.

              [–]geosensation 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

              He already has retweeted Mussolini and dgaf.

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                [–]AlienPsychic51 679 ポイント680 ポイント  (33子コメント)

                I think that's the best crazy idea I've seen.

                Or maybe it's just that I'd so enjoy it if it happened.

                [–]western_red 143 ポイント144 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                It isn't even crazy, it would be crazier if Trump DIDN'T retweet it.

                [–]demalo 79 ポイント80 ポイント  (27子コメント)

                I thought the best crazy idea was when r/the_donald became a thing. I figured it was like fat people hate or creepy pics but it totally backfired in my face. I mean, they were calling themselves cucks for gods sake...

                [–]CaptainBegger 127 ポイント128 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                I thought it was an amazing troll subreddit until I realized they were completely serious.

                [–]Iancredible56 38 ポイント39 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                It was kind of funny for a second until the Syracuse University mascot actually had a chance at winning.

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                    [–]thatEMSguy 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    I think it would legitimately work.

                    [–]acpawlek 160 ポイント161 ポイント  (8子コメント)

                    Isn't this the origin of Machiavelli's "The Prince?"

                    [–]purpleblah2 66 ポイント67 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                    I asked my Renaissance Italy professor if this was accurate and he said it was more like he wasn't writing a satire of politics, but writing more towards the client who was patronizing him, buttering him up by saying stuff like "of course you are the most cunning and feared ruler, Lorenzo di Medici".

                    The fact that this contradicts his other writings and personal beliefs is null because we've all done things we don't like for money. Of course, I probably butchered his words cuz this was like 3 years ago.

                    TL;DR Prince not satire

                    [–]Yanmega 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                    My history course said that it was dedicated to Medici and it had the asskissing so he could become an adviser to the prince. The teachings are legit, apparently.

                    [–]TooManyNails 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                    So, The Onion writes a satirical piece praising Trump and becomes appointed official news outlet of the White House?

                    [–]purpleblah2 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    Yeah, only the Onion really wants the position.

                    [–]ok2nvme 28 ポイント29 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    It's the origin of Poe's Law.

                    [–]spacemanspiff30 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    Now that's a deep cut

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                      [–]EchoRadius 133 ポイント134 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                      Bonus points if you can get him to pull an LL Bean... "onion is the best newspaper in the world. Everyone should order a subscription!"

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                        [–]ButWhy33 120 ポイント121 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                        And claimed that it was illegal for the public to read wikileaks, but for the media "it's different".

                        [–]Manafort 54 ポイント55 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                        "Also interesting to remember, it's illegal to possess, uh, these stolen documents. It's different for the media. So everything you learn about this, you're learning from us.

                        And in full disclosure, let's take a look at what's in there and what it means."

                        ‒ Chris Cuomo

                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ZTiAf8fp8

                        [–]RoboChrist 42 ポイント43 ポイント  (20子コメント)

                        I just found that list, because I was curious if that actually happened the way you said.

                        The list was titled: "False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and/or Satirical “News” Sources"

                        So already the list is broader than just "Fake News". But let's keep going with this, maybe they did call wikileaks "Fake News".

                        Wikileaks is specifically tagged as "rumor", which is defined in their label section as

                        Rumor Mill (tag rumor): Sources that traffic in rumors, gossip, innuendo, and unverified claims.

                        Yeah, unverified claims fits for a substantial portion of what wikileaks publishes. Many of those claims later go on to be verified, but wikileaks doesn't exactly filter or do the groundwork to verify their information. They just leak what they get.

                        As far as the list is concerned, they didn't put a "fake" tag on wikileaks, so they didn't call wikileaks fake news.

                        Myth. Busted.

                        Source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10eA5-mCZLSS4MQY5QGb5ewC3VAL6pLkT53V_81ZyitM/preview

                        [–]destructor_rph 50 ポイント51 ポイント  (8子コメント)

                        Shh don't disturb the leftist circle jerk

                        [–]DannySeel 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (9子コメント)

                        See, this is the issue I have with our MSM as a whole (CNN, MSNBC, ABC, FOX, etc.). Regarding the information they tell as news to the general public, I'll roughly say 60-80% is genuine, objective journalism, with the other 20-40% being subjectively based upon the audiences they wish to appeal to, this is fine. Within this 20-40% though also includes, let's say 5-10% that isn't even subjective in nature, but straight up false in order to appeal even heavier with their audience and to try to get an upper edge on their competition along with appealing to certain corporations who 'donate' to their networks.

                        This is where the whole idea of 'fake news' the MSM is saying, both the left and right side of political platforms, are being hypocritical and losing trust in the American people as a whole. If we can not trust our main media outlets, we go elsewhere. So Facebook, Reddit, other 'fake news' outlets to get the information we want to hear.

                        Politics is too big for opinion by our media and I believe this same media is a big reason to blame for what this election has amounted to. We got the person who was so resented by our political system, therefore our media tried sooooo hard to blast him with all this propaganda mixed with in with a pinch of authenticity, to the point where people saw through the bullshit and felt they would rather start fresh instead of the status quo of digging deeper into this Republican vs. Democrat bullshit. You can believe in healthcare for all, but also be pro gun. You can believe pro life while also thinking we should raise taxes. We are not this one or the other population the media is trying to spit at us. We need to evolve out of this bullshit R vs. D fight that has gone on too long and has gotten us to where we our.

                        Sorry for the rant, I did not mean for it to be long, but I needed to get this off my chest.

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                          [–]Harry_Pearce 257 ポイント258 ポイント  (70子コメント)

                          I forgot "reading wikileaks is illegal except for the media" is totally not fake news.

                          [–]Glasgo 35 ポイント36 ポイント  (24子コメント)

                          Someone please post the screenshot

                          [–]seekadviceelsewhere 69 ポイント70 ポイント  (23子コメント)

                          How about the video? https://youtu.be/7DcATG9Qy_A

                          [–]youtubefactsbot 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (18子コメント)

                          CNN says it's ILLEGAL for you to read the Wikileaks/Hillary Clinton emails [0:15]

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                          [–]Glasgo 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                          You're the hero I don't deserve

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                            [–]NoLongerContrarian 120 ポイント121 ポイント  (19子コメント)

                            • and the time they conviently left out the 30 seconds where this woman went on a racist tirade about burning down the white suburbs.

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjqhnSf0l-Q

                            • and the time they cut off a congressman for talking about wikileaks

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbA5RE9eK08

                            • and the time they cut off Jill Stein for shit talking Hillary Clinton

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKIjKEn4xqY

                            • and just one of the times CNN sent reporters to a Trump rally to try race baiting (and the reporter got owned)

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxcAN0t6GrI

                            [–]Avant_guardian1 38 ポイント39 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                            Forgot a recent CNN gem:

                            https://youtube.com/watch?v=AdCk6gJqmoc

                            CNN interviews thier own cameramen pretending to be a protester.

                            [–]vanbran2000 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                            I love these threads. I hope this Fake News thing has legs.

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                              [–]NotFooledbyFools 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                              and just one of the times CNN sent reporters to a Trump rally to try race baiting (and the reporter got owned)

                              Any evidence at all that was an actual CNN reporter?

                              [–]Kurvco 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                              Absolutely pathetic.

                              [–]Emma_Has_Swords 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              Wow that guy in the last video got me fired up for an election that already passed.

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                                [–]Existential_Penguin 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                There is a distinction between inaccuracy from legitimate news sources and "fake news." Legitimate news sources make mistakes about the facts occasionally (e.g. that dumbass on CNN) and often allow their bias to influence their reporting on the facts presented to them. "Fake news," on the other hand, refers to news stories that are completely pulled out of the author's ass with no facts or sources, used to spread disinformation (e.g. Michelle Obama is a man, Ted Cruz's father killed Kennedy, Donald Trump rapes babies, etc.)

                                [–]textposts_only 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                What about Ted Cruz being the zodiac killer. As far as I know - MSM has once again been silent on this issue.

                                [–]suseu 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                Then neither breitbart nor cnn is fake news...

                                And story "donald trump rapes babies" (well 13yo) made it to newsweek, huffpo, people and the independent...

                                [–]SkylineGitiare 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                Publishing a story without hard proof and making claims is extremely unethical journalism.

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                                  [–]dragan23 587 ポイント588 ポイント  (136子コメント)

                                  I've got a crazy idea! Maybe just one sub can abstain from trump posts

                                  [–]SativaLungz 229 ポイント230 ポイント  (15子コメント)

                                  Too crazy, itll never happen

                                  [–]catjuggler 155 ポイント156 ポイント  (8子コメント)

                                  I haven't seen any in /r/happy

                                  [–]presidentparrot 157 ポイント158 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                  Wow, what a coincidence.

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                                  [–]ok2nvme 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                  There's a reason for that.

                                  [–]PleaseSaveTheWhales 68 ポイント69 ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                  It's almost like he's the most powerful man on the planet right now

                                  [–]Sonofarakh 56 ポイント57 ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                  Donald Trump is about to become the next President of the United States. Everything he does will dominate the news cycle for the next four years. Complaining won't change this. That said, if you don't want him on your front reddit front page, I believe you can set up a filter using RES.

                                  [–]ZeugeYeboahs 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                  No, you got him wrong. What he is complaining about is the constant batching from both sides. How do you filter out that if you still want relevant news about what he does when he is president?

                                  [–]4DimensionalToilet 25 ポイント26 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                  Use other sites for news? As in, use a variety from all over the political spectrum as to avoid only seeing things that you agree with.

                                  [–]PetevonPete 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                  Don't use Reddit for news?

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                                    [–]sagemaster 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                    I have yet to see one in r/hockeygoalies, or r/whatisthisthing, nor remember seeing one is r/askamechanic, or r/justrolledintotheshop

                                    [–]Anonymous_Ascendent 88 ポイント89 ポイント  (34子コメント)

                                    Trump is crazy though. Reality has jumped the shark.

                                    [–]TaintedSquirrel 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                    Yeah I let it slide for a while but this becoming a common trend here... Welcome to my block list, CrazyIdeas.

                                    [–]ItRead18544920 26 ポイント27 ポイント  (35子コメント)

                                    /r/politics is in full force through to the inauguration.

                                    [–]PRIV00 29 ポイント30 ポイント  (32子コメント)

                                    Or, you know, the majority of Reddit.

                                    [–]ducttape815 42 ポイント43 ポイント  (31子コメント)

                                    Or, you know, the majority of the country.

                                    [–]owenaise 26 ポイント27 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                    Or, you know, the entire civilized world outside of rural America and Russia.

                                    [–]Sothalic 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                    So, the entire civilized world?

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                                          [–]The_Captain_Spiff 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                          reddit has the exact same problem hth

                                          [–]eggplantpeach 81 ポイント82 ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                          Do I have to filter this sub too?

                                          [–]ArttuH5N1 34 ポイント35 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                          If you filter out American politics right now, there will hardly be any sub left.

                                          [–]photonasty 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                          In Reddit Enhancement Suite, you can filter keywords. That way, you can still view subreddits, without seeing the political stuff. I think some of the third party apps may also have this feature.

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                                            [–]SquidBonez 53 ポイント54 ポイント  (90子コメント)

                                            Here's a crazy one: perhaps we can stop this bullshit "fake news" narrative that only exists to smear/discredit opposing viewpoints before even having to consider despite said "fake news" actually being credible, fact-based reporting. I don't think many people have ever thought an idea that bizarre!

                                            [–]FuriousTarts 25 ポイント26 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                            So what do we label things that have headlines like "Pope endorses Donald Trump?"

                                            [–]LiterallyKesha 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                            We already have a term for that and it's "Fake News". That specific article about the pope endorsing Trump was one of the most shared/liked things on facebook during the election.

                                            I think people can benefit from learning what the term actually means.

                                            A definition

                                            A longer explanation in context to today

                                            [–]SirJuncan 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                            "The pope endorsed Donald Trump? Incredible!"

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                                              [–]Ysilla 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                              Facts when talking about news? Now that's what I call a crazy idea!

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                                                [–]Tony1804 169 ポイント170 ポイント  (33子コメント)

                                                I really hate the passive aggressive political crap that this sub gets.

                                                [–]HypotheticalRicotta 124 ポイント125 ポイント  (23子コメント)

                                                Especially with this whole "fake news" thing. People who normally talk shit about CNN all the time suddenly started sucking it's dick overnight.

                                                We get it. You see everything as a dichotomy and will agree with anyone who makes fun of the guy you don't like.

                                                [–]bookdood0724 58 ポイント59 ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                                CNN is generally pretty shit. But the fact remains that they accurately reported the story about the dossier. They reported that Trump and Obama were briefed on it. They expressed that the claims in it were unverified, and they did not reveal the details of it. CNN can generally be shit and still accurately report a story. They aren't fake news, they're just shit news.

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                                                    [–]MarkDavidLange 30 ポイント31 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                    I'm having a problem distinguishing "fake" news from "real" news. And so are Buzzfeed and CNN, according to the New York Times.

                                                    [–]Martaway 60 ポイント61 ポイント  (36子コメント)

                                                    98% chance of hillary winning

                                                    [–]eltoro 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    99% chance of Bernie winning. I'm still feeling the Bern!

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                                                      [–]soracrowe 77 ポイント78 ポイント  (29子コメント)

                                                      Well, he was calling CNN out for running that rumor BuzzFeed started. I can't think of anything more fake than an unsubstantiated, unverified, error-filled "report" of dubious origin. It'd be like Fox running an unverified story they found on 4chan about how Obama allegedly eats babies.

                                                      [–]Rocky87109 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                      Actually they ran a report on allegations that were brought to the attention of both trump and Obama in a briefing. Allegations that had been out for a while.

                                                      [–]ArttuH5N1 25 ポイント26 ポイント  (11子コメント)

                                                      I thought they didn't present it as anything else other than unverified report and how Obama and Trump were briefed on it and whatnot. Though I haven't followed them very closely, if that's not the case it's appreciate a link or something.

                                                      [–]ramonycajones 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      They reported that FBI briefed Obama and Trump on the allegations, which was true. But Trump was mad because he doesn't like when things are alleged against him, so he called CNN fake news and now all of his supporters are echoing him.

                                                      [–]tylem_syk 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                                      They posted that article with a huge red font in their homepage like we just discovered life in another planet or something. I thought it was dishonest.

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                                                        [–]nvanprooyen[S] 24 ポイント25 ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                                        That's actually not how it went down. This comment is spot on: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyIdeas/comments/5ojyco/since_donald_trump_apparently_has_a_serious/dck3yvp/

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                                                          [–]Blasphemy4kidz 33 ポイント34 ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                          Onion is not fake news, it's parody and satire. CNN, Buzzfeed, Huff Post, have all embarassed themselves incredibly over the last year during this election cycle. I don't call them fake news but it's actually alarming how little actual journalism there is. It's all about pushing their narrative, and whether you're a liberal or a trumpett, you have to be able to see that.

                                                          [–]sexybug 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                          The onion is formatted as news, but the articles aren't factually true.

                                                          Satire. Fake news. Hilarious fake news.

                                                          Not propaganda, but fake news.

                                                          [–]b3ntleg 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                          Pretty amazing how no right wing news outlets embarrassed themselves.

                                                          [–]CarnivorousJazz 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                          Because they existed in a constant state of embarrassing themselves already.

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                                                            [–]flinxsl 238 ポイント239 ポイント  (403子コメント)

                                                            remember when /r/politics believed pissgate?

                                                            [–]horacetheclown 98 ポイント99 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                            Remember when Trump supporters believed Pizzagate? Oh wait, they still do, lol

                                                            [–]ichivictus 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                            Pizzagate and pissgate only shows how big of a joke modern politics is. Social media has done amazing things but I feel like people are dumber because of it.

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                                                              [–]presidentparrot 56 ポイント57 ポイント  (26子コメント)

                                                              Why do you disbelieve it? There's no way of knowing right now, but the fact that the dossier was written by a respected ex-MI6 officer lends it some credibility. I don't actively believe it or disbelieve it at this point, but it's certainly plausible.

                                                              [–]corylulu 137 ポイント138 ポイント  (15子コメント)

                                                              Remember when /r/the_donald saw the posts that discussed multiple allegations from multiple sources that were credible enough for the US intelligence agencies to look into, took the most far fetched allegation from a 35 page dossier (which few actually took credibly) and acted like it was the only claim being made?

                                                              Then when they found a random 4chan post of someone taking credit for it (without any proof) at face value and started telling everyone it was proven to be a 4chan hoax.

                                                              [–]A_CC 47 ポイント48 ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                              Member when Trump and his supporters belived Obama was the founder of ISIS....

                                                              [–]labrat420 28 ポイント29 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                              He even doubled down when a fellow republican tried to bail him out.

                                                              "No, I mean he literally created isis"

                                                              [–]togro20 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                              I forgot that happened. He says so much crazy shit that I can't remember it all.

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                                                                [–]breakyourfac 248 ポイント249 ポイント  (199子コメント)

                                                                Member when people only talked about pissgate completely ignoring the implications of a country like Russia shaping our election?

                                                                [–]JustWoozy 64 ポイント65 ポイント  (16子コメント)

                                                                http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/16/obama-says-russians-cant-change-us-or-weaken-us.html

                                                                Remember when Obama said "The Russians cannot change us or significantly weaken us. They are a smaller country, they are weaker country..."

                                                                [–]TrumpsGoldShower 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                Turns out that Obama gave the American public too much credit.

                                                                [–]ok2nvme 34 ポイント35 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                The Russians didn't do that. American stupidity and conservative talk radio did.

                                                                The Russians just took advantage.

                                                                [–]okimlom 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                                                Not shocking, they took it as a challenge.

                                                                [–]phunkysox 155 ポイント156 ポイント  (138子コメント)

                                                                Shaping the election by leaking hillary emails that exposed her primary election fraud and how she broke federal laws? Apparently only democrats can rig elections but cry about others "rigging" elections

                                                                [–]presidentparrot 54 ポイント55 ポイント  (31子コメント)

                                                                Hillary didn't rig the primary and nothing in the leaks shows that she broke federal laws. The closest she came to rigging the primaries was getting one town hall question about an obvious topic early.

                                                                I've said it before and I'll say it again. The problem with the DNC being hacked was that we were put in a position to judge one candidate by everything they said in private while being left to judge the other by what they say in public. It should have been both or neither.

                                                                [–]joecha169 114 ポイント115 ポイント  (89子コメント)

                                                                no arrests were made as a result of the emails being published

                                                                EDIT: no charges either

                                                                [–]Mattpalmq 83 ポイント84 ポイント  (38子コメント)

                                                                Hillary Clinton would never be indicted under democrat leadership.

                                                                [–]bookdood0724 208 ポイント209 ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                Hate to break it to you but she won't be when Trump is in charge either.

                                                                [–]presidentparrot 118 ポイント119 ポイント  (25子コメント)

                                                                The Democrats don't control the FBI, you brainless twit.

                                                                [–]antisocially_awkward 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                Last i checked the democrat ag deferred the decision to the republican head of the fbi.

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                                                                  [–]Octopotamus5000 39 ポイント40 ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                                                  Charges were actually referred to the justice department, but former Clinton staffer who's now current AG (for another few days at least now anyway) simply refused to prosecute.

                                                                  [–]Norka19 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                  Correct because immoral doesn't always equate with illegal.

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                                                                    [–]ok2nvme 17 ポイント18 ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                    Donald, himself, was so sure no one wanted him as President (and rightly so) that he was crying about the election being rigged right before he won.

                                                                    [–]horacetheclown 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                    Source?

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                                                                      [–]ZeugeYeboahs 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                      Playing with other countries governments is all fine and dandy until it happens to you.

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                                                                        [–]shrekinator 28 ポイント29 ポイント  (11子コメント)

                                                                        Member when Trump believed Obama came from Kenya? Member when the alt-right believed in pizzagate? Member when Trump said he'd jail Hillary?

                                                                        Yeah...

                                                                        [–]wash_yo_azz 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                        Remember when Trump bragged to AJ Benza about banging Russian prostitutes because they have no morals?

                                                                        [–]ok2nvme 54 ポイント55 ポイント  (28子コメント)

                                                                        'Member when /r/The_Donald and /r/AltRight helped elect a waste of space as POTUS that made "pissgate" believable?

                                                                        [–]MilkHS 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                        Remember when r/TD believed pizzagate?

                                                                        [–]solastsummer 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                        Has it been disproven?

                                                                        [–]FB-22 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (8子コメント)

                                                                        There were top voted comments saying "we may be witnessing the biggest scandal in US history" like no lie. They were foaming at the mouth that hope was not lost lol

                                                                        [–]FuriousTarts 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                        It could still very well be the biggest scandal. It's already 100% confirmed that Russia hacked the DNC in order to influence the result of the election.

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                                                                            [–]lispychicken 47 ポイント48 ポイント  (24子コメント)

                                                                            Well, as funny as that would be, it appears that Trump is 3 steps ahead of all his naysayers since the beginning of his campaign. So he'd retweet out the article saying that the Onion is a funny news site and how their purposefully misleading news is still more accurate than CNN.

                                                                            He'd get more Onions views for a funny publication (which it deserves) and further embarrass CNN.

                                                                            [–]bookdood0724 50 ポイント51 ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                                                            I really don't think CNN is embarrassed. CNN reported the fact (read: fact) that Trump and Obama were briefed on an unverified dossier. That is something that actually happened. They were briefed. Calling that fake news demonstrates a misunderstanding of what fake news is. Fake news is things that didn't happen.

                                                                            Buzzfeed was the organization that released the dossier, and there is room for debate on whether or not that was an justifiable action, but Buzzfeed was explicitly clear that the report was unverified. Personally I don't believe it was the right thing to do to release the dossier and let people run wild with it like that. But as stated, they were explicitly clear that they could not verify its contents, and that it could not be verified by the intelligence agencies either. That is also not fake news.

                                                                            Fake news is "The Pope endorses Trump," when the Pope didn't actually endorse Trump. Reporting things that happened and accurately summarizing them is not fake news.

                                                                            [–]presidentparrot 30 ポイント31 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                            This is 100% correct.

                                                                            I want the point out that the dossier was written by a respected ex-MI6 officer, which certainly lends the report some credence.

                                                                            [–]ToddTheTurnip 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                            They were sending traffic to buzzfeed because all it took was a quick google search after their reporting to get people to actually think Trump got peed on by Russians and watches Hentai porn.

                                                                            If buzzfeed was reporting from one unverified source that Obama went to Spain and had a gay sex orgy, you know CNN would never have mentioned a word.

                                                                            It's just the next installment of CNN's character assassination on the pres-elect that has been going on for the past year and half.

                                                                            And if you honestly think that headlines such as "The Pope Endorses Trump" had any affect whatsoever on this election I'm not really sure what to tell you.

                                                                            [–]bookdood0724 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                            The Hentai thing wasn't even in the actual dossier. That was something 4chan invented and tacked onto it after it was released. The pajamas thing was that as well. The only "lurid" stuff in the actual dossier was the pissing thing. CNN also reported on the dossier before Buzzfeed released it. I don't see how CNN is responsible for "directing traffic" to Buzzfeed, and news outlets can and should report on things that happened.

                                                                            While "The Pope endorses Trump" as a standalone story probably had an infinitesimal impact on the election, the proliferation of fake news was a factor in eroding the public's ability to discern between reliable reporting and crap invented out of thin air but made to look legit. People also tend to read just the headlines of articles, and social media creates self-reinforcing bubbles where people only see opinions that verify what they already believe. If a fake news article headline complies with your already-held belief system, it will just be more "evidence" that you're "right".

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                                                                                [–]MCI21 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                                I really just want to use reddit without a bunch of God damn people making political "jokes." If I wanted to see this id go r/politics

                                                                                [–]CircularFileWorthy 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (13子コメント)

                                                                                Why is Reddit defending CNN?

                                                                                This is Reddit. We hate the Mainstream Media.

                                                                                [–]JayBeeFromPawd 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                Because 90 percent of the people on this site aren't capable of thinking in anything but binary terms and they hate trump more than they hate CNN -- therefore if trump shit talks CNN they'll shit talk him for it.

                                                                                [–]ramonycajones 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                                I'm annoyed that Trump calls anything he doesn't like "fake news". That's bad enough for an average person, but horrible for the PEOTUS. In this case it was CNN, but it could've been anyone.

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                                                                                  [–]PaperPlanes22 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                  Here’s a screenshot of CNN not being fake news.

                                                                                  [–]Hitlersartcollector 99 ポイント100 ポイント  (79子コメント)

                                                                                  CNN is fake

                                                                                  [–]The_BenL 54 ポイント55 ポイント  (8子コメント)

                                                                                  I see no reason to trust any of them at this point.

                                                                                  [–]nithrock 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                                  Everyone hates CNN. I'm confused as to why conservatives keep watching Fox News.

                                                                                  [–]VaryagStrategos 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                  Fox is blowing CNN and every other news station out of the water in terms of ratings, so it's a really a stretch to insinuate they're even remotely on the same level.

                                                                                  You don't have to like fox news that's perfectly fine, but without them our "news" would be exclusively democratic cheer leaders. This is bad for democracy.

                                                                                  [–]Hitlersartcollector 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                  I don't know why.

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                                                                                    [–]Magicgenius 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                    I thought it would be hilarious if SNL portrayed him as a rational honest being.

                                                                                    [–]7stentguy 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                    Remember when colbert was considered right wing by some? This could actually work. If I went to Facebook, which I dont...I'd see many shares if such a thing happened and it would be glorious.

                                                                                    [–]alexslacks 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                                    No. To be real about it. Him calling CNN seems nothing more than a ploy to divide and distort what is 'fake news'. He knows his supporters will consider CNN fake news from then on, and the other side will fight it. Then before you know it, every outlet is fake news and everything he says is true and correct.

                                                                                    [–]IBitchSLAPYourASS 37 ポイント38 ポイント  (19子コメント)

                                                                                    ....Holy shit. I like this idea. This is like...4chan level trolling that doesn't involve bodily fluids.

                                                                                    [–]kurttheflirt 17 ポイント18 ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                                    Ah, yes, the days when 4chan trolls just pushed out gross photos and the like onto the internet. I wish that's still all they did. Nowadays their trolling gets us Trump as America's president.

                                                                                    [–]Z0di 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                    they grew up and became voters.

                                                                                    you grew up and complained that they grew up.

                                                                                    [–]nshrca 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                    4chan has a rolling user base. Neither "Oldfags" nor even "newfags" remain there.

                                                                                    They may have grown up and be voters but they aren't "4chan trolls" anymore.

                                                                                    Even Moot got the fuck off.

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                                                                                          [–]NorthBlizzard 76 ポイント77 ポイント  (29子コメント)

                                                                                          I see /r/politics has resorted to brigading other subs with their Trump hate-spam since their own sub lost all credility.

                                                                                          [–]stev0supreemo 85 ポイント86 ポイント  (11子コメント)

                                                                                          It's actually quite a bit simpler than that. A lot of people simply don't like the guy.

                                                                                          [–]kickbutt_city 40 ポイント41 ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                                          This exactly.

                                                                                          I hate Donald Trump, think r/politics is a circlejerk, and, most importantly, think this is a good "crazy idea" that I saw on r/all. The whole world isn't a conspiracy. It's just that yes, MOST people hate Donald Trump.

                                                                                          [–]chicklepip 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                          B-b-but my worldview!! THE JEWS DID THIS!!

                                                                                          [–]TheDrunkenHetzer 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                          Can confirm, am Jew.

                                                                                          Actually I just have a big nose.

                                                                                          Probably because of JewsTM

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                                                                                            [–]Cyorkshireman 39 ポイント40 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                            No that couldn't be it. /r/politics is leaking out into real life and brigading the real world. I hear it's gotta hold of all our closest allies (Canada, Western Europe) now too.

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                                                                                                [–]frappachin 34 ポイント35 ポイント  (21子コメント)

                                                                                                CNN is blatantly fake. They even said you couldn't read the Wikileaks emails but they could. Which is complete bullshit.

                                                                                                Corporate media is self-serving.

                                                                                                [–]budzergo 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (16子コメント)

                                                                                                im not American, but

                                                                                                i thought they said you couldnt possess the documents, nothing aboot not reading them?

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                                                                                                  [–]GitmoNationSlave 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                                                  Another sub gets filtered :(

                                                                                                  [–]jsmith47944 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                  Oh yeah why would he not think CNN amd Buzzfeed are reliable sources of information right?

                                                                                                  [–]WLHUNG_ 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  this is what fake news is. i really don't get how some people can't wrap their mind around this. call CNN unreliable, biased, ect, but they aren't 'fake news' in this context. trump is absolutely calling them that on purpose to draw attention away from the issue because he benefited from it so much. shit, his sons and campaign managers were out there posting these totally false stories too.

                                                                                                  [–]tultham1 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  Donald Trump isn't the one with a problem distinguishing fake news.

                                                                                                  [–]basedBlumpkin 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  3 more days cupcakes

                                                                                                  [–]spez_eats_babies 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  Woah dude. That was such a crazy idea. Calm the fuck down

                                                                                                  [–]bananashammock 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                  CNN is propaganda just like the rest of the 24 hour media. Get a clue and grow up.

                                                                                                  [–]LockeNDemosthenes 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  Has every sub gone full potato?

                                                                                                  [–]palalab 24 ポイント25 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  Or maybe it is you with the discernment problem, OP.

                                                                                                  [–]TBSdota 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  Uh oh, looks like /r/politics is leaking into other sub reddits again

                                                                                                  [–]riodosm 41 ポイント42 ポイント  (20子コメント)

                                                                                                  Trump is the target of fake news you poor dumbass.

                                                                                                  [–]i_wanna_b_the_guy 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (18子コメント)

                                                                                                  Is anyone else seriously alarmed by how this guy treats news about himself? He lies to his supporters calling any negative news about him as fake (and they seem to buy it) and the people who are against him seem to be so entrenched in this "I told you so" mentality that just makes both sides too proud to have a discussion.

                                                                                                  I'm pretty scared for the country and modern media. Sure MSM isn't the greatest, but it's always easier to say it'd be better if it was different. The grass is always greener.

                                                                                                  Edit: this was a pretty controversial comment, I was just trying to get people to be constructive in their criticism

                                                                                                  [–]HillBlocksView 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  He would buy that s**t in less than a second.

                                                                                                  [–]Virgin_nerd 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  Meanwhile people still believe he got hookers to piss on him on Obamas old bed after watching japanime.

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