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#221324 - 02/14/17 07:08 PM Fake news...?
jabber Member Registered: 02/17/05 Posts: 10032 Loc: New York State	Anne, Didn't you say some of your family work for newspaper outlets? What are their take on "fake news" articles? _________________________ https://www.amazon.com/author/bonnie.mill-lemke https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/bookshelf
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#221326 - 02/17/17 03:35 PM Re: Fake news...? [Re: jabber]
Anne Holmes Boomer in Chief Registered: 03/11/10 Posts: 3212 Loc: Illinois	Hi Jabber, Yes, my kids and son-in-law all work for major newspapers. My daughter and SIL are editors, my son a photographer. While we haven't talked about this a lot, I've gathered that they recognize the importance of getting your news from a reliable source, a known and respected newspaper, TV network or radio network. This means that the news they disseminate has been vetted for accuracy. _________________________ Boomer in Chief of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com www.boomerlifestyle.com www.boomerco.com
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#221330 - 02/22/17 06:09 PM Re: Fake news...? [Re: Anne Holmes]
jabber Member Registered: 02/17/05 Posts: 10032 Loc: New York State	I can't believe employees' keep their jobs after reporting false stories. If I were their boss, they'd be fired on-the-spot! _________________________ https://www.amazon.com/author/bonnie.mill-lemke https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/bookshelf
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#221361 - 04/04/18 02:58 PM Re: Fake news...? [Re: jabber]
montx Registered: 04/07/08 Posts: 22	Jabber, have you ever seen the YouTube videos showing anchors across the nation saying the EXACT same thing? I'm surprised (as things are going) that YouTube allows them to remain available for us to share. From Carl Sagan's book "Demon Haunted World": "I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time .... The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance. ...."
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#221369 - 06/02/18 09:32 AM Re: Fake news...? [Re: montx]
jabber Member Registered: 02/17/05 Posts: 10032 Loc: New York State	montx: Never been on YouTube. But fake news makes a person sad. If you're like me, the idea of news releases not being the truth never entered my mind. I was of the opinion that reporters had to tell the truth or run the risk of being sued. Too bad that isn't the case. _________________________ https://www.amazon.com/author/bonnie.mill-lemke https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/bookshelf
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#221372 - 06/17/18 06:49 PM Re: Fake news...? [Re: jabber]
jabber Member Registered: 02/17/05 Posts: 10032 Loc: New York State	montx: Ever watch Watters' World? The answers Jesse Watters gets to things every American should know from their High School studies, yet don't know, is astounding. When you say "dumbing down of America" that's putting it mildly. _________________________ https://www.amazon.com/author/bonnie.mill-lemke https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/bookshelf
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#221375 - 06/20/18 11:56 AM Re: Fake news...? [Re: jabber]
montx Registered: 04/07/08 Posts: 22	I don't believe I've even heard of it? Where do I find it? On cable?
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#221379 - 06/20/18 03:11 PM Re: Fake news...? [Re: jabber]
Anne Holmes Boomer in Chief Registered: 03/11/10 Posts: 3212 Loc: Illinois	I've never seen nor heard of "Watter's World," Jabber, but the situations you are talking about - people being interviewed on video - answering simple questions --and proving to the world that they don't have a clue about basic things like the name of the current US president have been featured on late night TV for decades. So sad! _________________________ Boomer in Chief of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com www.boomerlifestyle.com www.boomerco.com
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#221380 - 06/20/18 03:14 PM Re: Fake news...? [Re: jabber]
Anne Holmes Boomer in Chief Registered: 03/11/10 Posts: 3212 Loc: Illinois	Jabber, by now you know that these reporters weren't fired - they probably got raises - because the dissemination of fake news by willing media partners is one of the mainstays of certain media like Fox News. _________________________ Boomer in Chief of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com www.boomerlifestyle.com www.boomerco.com
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#221386 - 06/25/18 06:45 PM Re: Fake news...? [Re: Anne Holmes]
jabber Member Registered: 02/17/05 Posts: 10032 Loc: New York State	montx, Jesse Watters has his own show on Fox News and he co-hosts "The Five" at 5:00 P.M. Monday to Friday also on Fox News. He used to fill-in for O'Reilly and produce Bill's "Factor" when that was on the air. Jesse did street segments, interviewing people, asking simple questions and getting dumb looks and silly answers. _________________________ https://www.amazon.com/author/bonnie.mill-lemke https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/bookshelf
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