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No, you are trying to lump state-sponsored attacks on democratic institutions in with opinion pieces that you disagree with, which is not only disengenous but also very very dangerous.

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Fake news may not be the correct term. Astroturfing? Either way, no need to attack the person asking the question.

It's called bias.

Faciciously asking that question is very much an active strategy to downplay & dilute the term. And astroturfing is monied interests dressing up as grassroots. An article in a paper expressing an opinion, accompanied by some body of research, is journalism.

I also didn’t really mean that to be attacking, I possibly attributed malice to misunderstanding so if that’s what happened I apologize

Nope not being malicious. You're right. This isn't fake news. But it's something. I guess astroturfing fits better!

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