Throughout 2016, there were many fake news stories that have been directed at our political candidates and others. Some of the more memorable headlines (I left off some of the more disgusting ones) :
“Russians Have Dirt on President-Elect Trump”
"Obama Signs Executive Order Banning The Pledge Of Allegiance In Schools Nationwide"
"Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald Trump for President, Releases Statement"
"Trump Offering Free One-Way Tickets to Africa; Mexico for Those Who Wanna Leave America"
"Florida man dies in meth-lab explosion after lighting farts on fire"
"FBI Agent Suspected in Hillary Email Leaks Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide"
"RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE To Reunite And Release Anti Donald Trump Album"
"Police Find 19 White Female Bodies In Freezers With “Black Lives Matter” Carved Into Skin"
"ISIS Leader Calls for American Muslim Voters to Support Hillary Clinton"
Hillary Clinton In 2013: “I Would Like To See People Like Donald Trump Run For Office; They’re Honest And Can’t Be Bought”
"Woman murders college roommate for sending too many Candy Crush requests"
"Donald Trump Protester Speaks Out: "I Was Paid $3,500 To Protest Trump's Rally"
“Obama passed law for grandparents to get all their grandchildren every weekend”
"President Obama Confirms He Will Refuse To Leave Office If Trump Is Elected"
"Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy – 'We Don’t Like The Blacks Either'"
"Security Detail Tackles Homeless Man On Oscars Red Carpet, Turned Out To Be Rob Zombie"
Pence: “Michelle Obama Is The Most Vulgar First Lady We’ve Ever Had”
“African Billionaire Will Give $1 Million To Anyone Who Wants To Leave America if Donald Trump is Elected President”
“Obama Signs Executive Order Declaring Investigation Into Election Results; Revote Planned For Dec. 19th”
“Graham Says Christians Must Support Trump or Face Death Camps”
“BREAKING Romanian Hacker With Access To Clinton Emails Found Dead In Jail Cell”
“The United States Revokes Scientology's Tax-Exempt Status - ABC News”
“Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Hillary Clinton for President, Releases Statement”
“Trump Claims America Should Never Have Given Canada Its Independence”
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Many who should know better have been suckered in. All the news networks, both party candidates, members of the House and Senate, including one from today during the DHS secretary confirmation hearings, have been taken.
Does anyone remember Rathergate? The Stephen Glass scandal? There used to be a time when reporters who used unconfirmed stories (or in the case of Glass, falsified ones) in their reporting were punished. Brian Williams is still paying the price for his part in embellishing his stories.
Get it together, news media.
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