Fake News Accusations
Comments primarily accusing a Hacker News-submitted story of being fake news, with discussions on its definition, irony, and broader implications like censorship and propaganda.
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News about fake news. So meta.
Fake news. cf. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21251896
Nothing like some good fake news on HN eh?
Funny they don't like fake news when it's about them.
Destroy fake news (no pun intended).
"Identify the fake news"
Really? That fake news again, on HN?!
Could this be an instance of "fake news"?
some fake news doesnt care about changing your mind OR reinforcing your opinion. it's just pandering for a click, for ad revenue.
it is fake news, but its not faked by the newsorganizations, which is what they are trying to prevent.