The term, “fake news” has been bandied about a lot by both sides of the political spectrum. Its definition seems to evolve based on its political expediency.
Discerning truth in reporting means being able to recognize fake news, so allow me to define the term as I see it applying to most media outlets today.
Fake news is information presented in a manner designed to disingenuously influence rather than inform.
There are basically three types of fake news.
The first is the “outright lie” or fabrication of a story or event. A perfect example would be the liberal Democrat procurement of a “fake” dossier on Donald Trump from Christopher Steele, of Fusion GPS, who was paid by the Democrat Party to do opposition research on Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign.
As the investigation repeatedly failed to produce a single shred of evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia, the salacious dossier was fabricated and used no less than four times to obtain Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) warrants to continue investigating Trump, hoping to “strike gold” in the progressive pursuit to cripple his presidency.
After all, liberals have already proven Trump’s failure will be more rewarding for their mission than America’s success.
The next example of fake news is “filtered reporting” that conveniently eliminates facts or details that would fail to support a desired narrative.
A good example is the recent story about a “training camp” at a New Mexico compound accused of abusing children while training them to commit heinous acts of mass murder in their schools.
The liberal media nearly “wet” themselves as they excitedly reported the story, detailing the assault style weapons, handguns, ammunition and a shooting range found at the facility. The reports included information regarding
