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“Hacker X”–the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire–unmasks himself

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Re: “Hacker X”–the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire–unmasks himself

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LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #8
PaulAJ wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not the same things AT ALL. Stories 1 and 3 are about one fantasist who managed to trick a bunch of regular news outlets. Story 2 is about a single flawed report from the BBC. You can sit back and complain that not enough checking is being done by reporters and editors at mainstream media sites, and you would be right; the pressure is always on reporters and editors to get the story out and move on to the next one; t…

And that is different how exactly from the advertisement industry, which pushes trash nobody really needs? Not to mention the secondary industry of fake reviews latched onto that. Not really meant as what about , because at the end of the day it is the same annoying shit almost everybody seems to accept as necessary evil, that's just the way it works , yada yada. edit: Put another way, every channel is oversaturated…

Mainstream media clearly labelled their adverts (and BTW the BBC doesn't carry them at all). They also don't carry fake reviews. Fake reviews are the kind of thing that made money for Hacker X.

Re: “Hacker X”–the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire–unmasks himself

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv »

PaulAJ wrote: post #11
LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And that is different how exactly from the advertisement industry, which pushes trash nobody really needs? Not to mention the secondary industry of fake reviews latched onto that. Not really meant as what about , because at the end of the day it is the same annoying shit almost everybody seems to accept as necessary evil, that's just the way it works , yada yada. edit: Put another way, every channel is oversaturated…

Mainstream media clearly labelled their adverts (and BTW the BBC doesn't carry them at all). They also don't carry fake reviews. Fake reviews are the kind of thing that made money for Hacker X.

Doesn't matter. The beeb carried fake-news, though. And isn't neutral. At least not nowadays. Maybe that was different a long time ago. Why is it so hard to accept that you can't trust anyone? Is there an urge to believe which I seem to lack?

Re: “Hacker X”–the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire–unmasks himself

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Post by rbanffy »

LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #12
PaulAJ wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mainstream media clearly labelled their adverts (and BTW the BBC doesn't carry them at all). They also don't carry fake reviews. Fake reviews are the kind of thing that made money for Hacker X.

Doesn't matter. The beeb carried fake-news, though. And isn't neutral. At least not nowadays. Maybe that was different a long time ago. Why is it so hard to accept that you can't trust anyone ? Is there an urge to believe which I seem to lack?

The BBC is right now an arm of the Tory government with very little editorial independence. I hope a future Labour government swiftly replaces the editorial staff to ensure independence and institutes mechanisms to prevent such hijacking from ever happening again.

Re: “Hacker X”–the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire–unmasks himself

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Post by 4oo4 »

Also worth reading: https://robertwillishacking.com/the-machine-enabled-by-faceb...

What I don't get is why they are protecting the name of the company that funded all this and all their properties? If you want to stop people from doing this sort of thing in the future, it helps to know who to hold accountable.

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