Fake News

Corrin

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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    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!
     
    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.
     
    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...
     
    Hate this, but lets turn this into a topic about fake news in general!
     
    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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