Comments on: Fake News War http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/03/15/fake-news-war/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:33:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Fake Plants http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/03/15/fake-news-war/#comment-1804 Tue, 08 May 2007 18:41:20 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/03/15/fake-news-war/#comment-1804 It's sad how well the strategy of fake news works. I heard about a recent study that people get their news from SNL and The Daily Show - I think it's a reflection of how unreliable mainstream news is. It’s sad how well the strategy of fake news works. I heard about a recent study that people get their news from SNL and The Daily Show - I think it’s a reflection of how unreliable mainstream news is.

]]> by: Ga http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/03/15/fake-news-war/#comment-739 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:02:24 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/03/15/fake-news-war/#comment-739 "'the most trusted name in fake news.' No argument there." Ah, you do not watch The Daily Show? TDS is not a "fake news" show. It satirizes real news events, or more accurately, satirizes real news reports from CNN, Fox, etc. It may seem a subtle distinction, but it is not. What people are perhaps thinking of as fake news are the fake anchors on the show. But then again, these "anchors" report on real news events and reports. “‘the most trusted name in fake news.’ No argument there.”

Ah, you do not watch The Daily Show?

TDS is not a “fake news” show. It satirizes real news events, or more accurately, satirizes real news reports from CNN, Fox, etc.

It may seem a subtle distinction, but it is not.

What people are perhaps thinking of as fake news are the fake anchors on the show. But then again, these “anchors” report on real news events and reports.

]]> by: Teddi Curtis http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/03/15/fake-news-war/#comment-710 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:56:40 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/03/15/fake-news-war/#comment-710 Excellent history lesson. I would have included the "demands" of the stockholders for higher than usual profit margins from their investments, which leads to dismissals of reporters and bureaus around the world. Excellent history lesson.
I would have included the “demands” of the stockholders for higher than usual profit margins from their investments, which leads to dismissals of reporters and bureaus around the world.

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