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Fake News

Corrin

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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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    pkmin3033

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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!
     

    Corrin

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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.
     

    pkmin3033

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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...
     
    Mewtwolover

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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.
     
    ThatStuff!!

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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
     
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