A Call for Cooperation Against Fake News
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When we have to rely on Wikileaks hacks to reveal the collusion between so called news organizations and political parties, talking about fake news doesn't even scratch the surface.
The best corrective action is just to understand that these organizations are not trustworthy and seek alternative sources.
How do you know those alternative sources are more trustworthy than the mainstream?
However, given the preponderance of evidence, the mainstream media is very untrustworthy. Instead of just admitting that they're acting as a propaganda agent for their favorite politicians, they hypocritically claim to be providing unbiased reporting of facts. Consider the revolving door of partisans taking up residence in newsrooms. Consider the restrictions that so called reporters agree to in order to interview politicos that would have cost them their jobs back when we had real news organizations. Consider the wikileaks showing mainstream media vetting stories with their favorite politicians before release.
There's still a very few real journalists out there, such as Sharyl Attkisson:
https://sharylattkisson.com/campaign-2016-the-big-miss/
https://sharylattkisson.com/google-chief-eric-schmidts-plan-...
Real reporters report what they see instead of just getting quotes from sources they're comfortable with. Real reporters talk with people outside of their social circles.