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Fake News is a Fact


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2019 Aug 18, 7:12pm   569 views  7 comments

by MisdemeanorRebel   ➕follow (12)   💰tip   ignore  

Here are "Guiding Words" that Fake News uses to prod readers towards adopting their opinion, and here is the frequency with which they appear:





Interesting how Leftist Go-Tos are the worst offenders, with a NeverTrump publication also in the top ten.

But a tabloid like the NY Post is far less of an offender towards the end of the list!

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1   marcus   2019 Aug 18, 9:52pm  

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What the fuck ?

Just to be clear, you're saying that the frequency that those words are used is some how not only highly correlated to, but causal to, so called "fake news."

What if it's just highly correlated to the literacy of it's readers ?

Are you actually suggesting that literacy and intelligence causes some sort of dishonesty ?
3   MisdemeanorRebel   2019 Aug 19, 12:53am  

marcus says
Just to be clear, you're saying that the frequency that those words are used is some how not only highly correlated to, but causal to, so called "fake news."


Yes. The words are used to get the reader to follow a particular train of thought.

"Clearly, Trump will not be able to sit down with Kim. Nevertheless, many of his deplorable supporters will insist..."

marcus says
What if it's just highly correlated to the literacy of it's readers ?


These are 4th-5th grade words. They appear in books for children, like "The Hobbit" or "Treasure Island"

The basic idea behind this framework is that writers, when using Causal Expressions, are communicating how you should perceive the relationships between facts and other facts, or between facts and certain conclusions and analysis. This conflation is a common way to present a judgment or opinion as objective fact. It is a writer coaching you on the logical path they wish you to follow. Sometimes that is innocuous, because sometimes the relationship between two ideas, two facts or two statements really is incontrovertible. Often it is not. When using Common Knowledge Expressions, the writer is encouraging you to think less critically about an assertion or argument. It is, after all, obvious to everyone else. Value Expressions are more straightforward and easily understood. They also look a bit more like an analysis of bias, although these words may just as easily be used to tell you how to think about what is good and what is bad without any element of structural favoring of one point of view.

https://www.epsilontheory.com/the-fiat-news-index/
4   Shaman   2019 Aug 19, 9:48am  

HonkpilledMaster says
These are 4th-5th grade words. They appear in books for children, like "The Hobbit" or "Treasure Island"


Yah, the typical Democrat voter never achieved that level of literacy. Them’re some BIG WORDS! LOL!
7   Bd6r   2019 Aug 19, 2:48pm  

HonkpilledMaster says
... and Orwell.

...and mostly media discredit themselves. Iraq supported Al-Qaeda AND had WMD's! Russians made trump win the election!

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