Right wingers are drowning in fake news

exGOPer

exGOPer

Here is an example

Fake news says CNN "pulled the plug" during YouTube shooting coverage


The day after a woman opened fire at the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., Facebook users flagged a post on the Daily Vine website with the headline, "Whoa! YouTube witness makes shocking admission on live TV! CNN pulls plug immediately!"

The "admission" in the post was an employee at YouTube telling a Fox News affiliatereporter, "I didn’t have a gun on me, but I wish I did." Here’s a screenshot of the video.

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It’s important to note the time in the upper left corner: 2:03 p.m. Pacific time.

Now, here’s the screenshot of CNN in the Daily Vine piece.

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The time stamp is 1:46 p.m. Pacific time, or about 15 minutes before the clip that CNN purportedly masked with a faux breakdown in its video feed.

So the clips don’t match up.

In addition, the clip of the eyewitness appeared on Fox News, not CNN.

Just to be complete, we used the real-time television recording service TVEyes to watch CNN’s coverage for the full minute of 1:46 p.m. PT. The network was interviewing an expert named Josh Campbell, and there was no technical interruption, and no break in the video feed.

What we have seems to be nothing more than some basic use of photo editing and a completely false headline.

This is a fine example of Pants on Fire fake news.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...ews-says-cnn-pulled-plug-during-youtube-shoo/
 
An online hoax claims that former president Barack Obama has fled the United States due to some "criminal confirmations" discovered by President Donald Trump.

"Obama secretly flees U.S. - leaves stunning evidence behind," read the headline on March 22 on Viral Truth Wire, a website promoting sensationalized headlines.

Facebook users flagged the post as being potentially fabricated, as part of the social network’s efforts to combat misinformation.

The Viral Truth Wire story claimed Obama’s recent trip to New Zealand was because he wanted to go into hiding due to evidence that he has colluded with Russia and attempted to spy on Trump. The article noted the timing of the trip was also due to the firing of former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.

But Obama’s trip to New Zealand was already confirmed in late February, long before McCabe’s firing. Obama visited the country to meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and discuss topics such as climate change and social media’s impact on politics.

The article also claimed that Obama left a "trail of proof" through the presidential daily briefings inside the White House proving that he plotted with Russia to obstruct Trump amid the presidential decision.

The hero of the article is depicted as U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, who compiled a memothat accused top FBI officials of alleged wrongdoing. It concluded that Nunes was the one who found that Obama’s presidential daily briefings included illegal Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) activity and "spy games" targeting Trump. We found no evidence that Nunes has ever made such allegations against Obama.

In March 2017, Trump tweeted that Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign, an accusation that the heads of both the NSA and the FBI denied.

What actually happened is that the FBI and the Department of Justice put together an application to the FISA court that approves surveillance warrants pertaining to national security and foreign intelligence.

Obama himself, however, would have no role in authorizing or requesting wiretaps.

Our ruling

A hoax website claimed that Obama fled the country due to new evidence that he was involved with spying on Trump and responsible for colluding with Russia.

We found that Obama’s trip abroad to New Zealand was to speak about issues with the prime minister, and he was not involved with ordering any wiretaps to spy on Trump during the election.

We rate this claim Pants on Fire.

http://www.politifact.com/punditfac...ack-obama-did-not-flee-country-because-surfa/


I suggest people look at this site and the comments section, there are dozens of Republicans celebrating the news as if it was real, these idiots couldn't tell a fake news site from a real one.

https://www.viraltruthwire.com/

And how Orwellian to put 'truth' in their name.
 
A group of black congressional leaders want white people to pay up for being white, at least that’s what an online hoax would have you believe.

"Congressional Black Caucus introduces bill: tax people for being white," said a March 23 headline on International News Trends blog, which attributed the information to the Blacksphere website.

Facebook users flagged the post as being potentially fabricated, as part of the social network’s efforts to combat online hoaxes. The story misleads about a proposed bill related to studying reparations for African-Americans.

The story links to a January 2017 by the Washington Examiner that stated the Congressional Black Caucus and other Democrats re-introduced legislation that would set up a commission to consider whether reparations should be paid to black Americans for slavery.

The Examiner story never mentions the word "tax." The bill, H.R. 40, doesn’t mention a tax for white people.

Rep. John Conyers Jr. D-Mich., proposed the bill repeatedly during the last two decades.

"I’m not giving up," Conyers said in February 2017. "Slavery is a blemish on this nation’s history, and until it is formally addressed, our country’s story will remain marked by this blight."

In December 2017, Conyers resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. He denied wrongdoing.

A headline said that the "Congressional Black Caucus introduces bill: tax people for being white." The story cites a bill that calls for setting up a commission to consider reparations for slavery, but the bill doesn’t call for a tax on white people.

We rate this claim Pants on Fire.

http://www.politifact.com/punditfac...ck-congressional-leaders-didnt-propose-tax-w/
 
The Federal News Agency, a pro-Russian website linked to the Internet Research Agency, has been recruiting “English-speaking journalists” to work on its “Wake Up, America!” campaign, according to Shooting the Messenger.

From the announcement:

Due to the growing political censorship imposed by the United States, there remains less and less of information sources that are not under control of the U.S. authorities. In this regard, U.S. citizens cannot receive objective and independent information about events occurring on the territory of America and throughout the world.
 
Conservatives are very willing to be deluded. Note their affinity for believing in fairy tales/religion and for rejecting science because it conflicts with their delusions.

In short, they will believe just any old shit that some psuedo authoritative talking head - like Hannity - yells at them.
 
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