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“Journalist of the Year” (According to CNN) Resigns for Fabricating Stories

A few years ago the Clinton News Network (CNN) proclaimed Claas Relotius, a reporter and editor for Der Spiegel the Journalist of the year. Claas admits to fabricating parts of at least 14 stories (so far). “Parts,” being subjective. At least one story he penned titled, ‘Where they pray for Trump on Sundays’ was mostly lies and …

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Weather Channel Guy ‘Fighting High Winds’ More Fake News

A quick preface. Florence is a hurricane. It’s causing flooding, wind damage, and as more and more people flock to live in these areas the risk to lives and damage to property increases. That is their choice. And so it this. A weatherman reporting for the weather channel is having a rough go. He’s trying …

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Fake Hurricane News – CNN Busted

Anderson Cooper reports from hurricane ‘ravaged’ [insert name here] wearing waders and up to his waist in water. But that’s only because he chose to stand in a ditch along the side of the road. His cameraman and technician, as you’ll see in the following image, are only up to their shins in water.

Data Point: Fake News

Nearly all Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (92%) say that traditional news outlets knowingly report false or misleading stories at least sometimes, according to a new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll. Democrats and non-leaning independents also feel this way, but not nearly to the same extent. 72% agree: media does Fake News. Note that even a majority of Democrats …

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