Fake News

Started by Sothis November 5th, 2020 9:11 PM
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I've recently run into an article regard Russian president Vladimir Putin's health, only to find out it's fake.

So I decided to change this topic a little and hope we can discuss this sort of thing.

Why do you think people write this?
Have you ever believed a fake article?
Do you find parody sites like The Onion entertaining?

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I will believe it when I see it, frankly. I suppose there is some evidence to say it is going to happen, but there is a world of difference between "sources say" and an actual announcement, and Putin has been in power for a very long time.

If he's going to groom his successor I can't imagine there will be much of a change in Russia's relationship with the rest of the world unfortunately, but whoever they are, they won't be Putin, so who knows. I'm not especially knowledgeable on the ins-and-outs of Russian politics!

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You have a point. I've never known anyone with Parkinson's so I have no idea what it looks like, but he looks ok still so who knows?

We'll find out though, he'll be quick to rebuke it if untrue.

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Well, the Kremlin have denied it, but of course they would...that said, apparently this article originated from The Sun, which barely qualifies as a newspaper. So it could go either way? Putin leads a really healthy lifestyle and he's not quite 70, although I don't think that necessarily means anything when it comes to Parkinson's Disease, which we still don't seem to know very much about. I suppose they must have picked this up from somewhere, but at the same time, it IS The Sun...

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It's fake news, the original source is Valery Solovei who has spread fake news about Putin's health problems before.
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Hate this, but lets turn this into a topic about fake news in general!

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Before the Hellections of 2016 I'd never heard of fake news. Nowadays it means "something I don't like." Conservative memespeak usually. But now I know the term existed wayy before now. I heard it in a Public Enemy song from the late 80s