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Ten Examples of the Mainstream Media Promoting Fake News

12-12-2016 < Red Ice Creations 77 151 words
 
Ten Examples of the Mainstream Media Promoting Fake News Since “fake news” is all the rage within the mainstream media, here’s the top 10 “real” news stories they reported on — and some downright propagandized — that turned out to be, well, fake. It’s the reason this new narrative of “fake news” will never catch on, and why Americans’ trust in the press is at an all-time low. 1. If you like your health care plan, you can keep it In selling his health care overhaul, on at least 37 separate occasions, President Barack Obama pledged that Americans would be allowed to keep the plans they liked. In 2013, about 4 million Americans got cancellation letters, and PolitiFact labeled the statement the lie of the year. But that didn’t stop reporters from writing repeated stories beforehand on how great Obamacare would be, even though, the administration knew…
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