5 Fake News Sites

[sherlew99]

Snopes


5 Fake News Sites to Avoid Sharing

Posted by Kim LaCapria / May 12, 2015


The sharp increase in popularity of social media networks (primarily Facebook) has created a predatory secondary market among online publishers seeking to profitably exploit the large reach of those networks and their huge customer bases by spreading fake news and outlandish rumors. Competition for social media’s large supply of willing eyeballs is fierce, and a number of frequent offenders regularly fabricate salacious and attention-grabbing tales simply to drive traffic (and revenue) to their sites.

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[pickinduck]

I think all news sights are fake.
They're very political and over flowing with propaganda and all about hype.

[sherlew99]

Yeah, I take all news reports with a grain of salt and I've noticed either a right-wing or left wind spin on their reports. Few news sources are impartial as they should be anymore, though some are better than others.

Although the sites on the list above are 'suppose to be' just for entertainment purposes, people get confused and take them seriously, which can cause problems. Both the real and fake news sites indulge in the influence they have over people.