"Report originated at a fake news site..."
Snopes and other fact-checkers use this phrase a lot. Charles Redding brought up the question, how much do these fake news sites actually influence beliefs and generate real reactions to unrealities? I'm not referring to the ones like THE DAILY SHOW which actually tends to deliver news while reveling in the ironies and absurdities of humanity, and makes it pretty clear which jokes are theirs. I am referring to the sundry Onion copy -cat sites, the ones that are clever enough to fake a good... Sign in to see full entry.