There’s been lots of talk about “fake news” this last year, but Vox’s Matt Yglesias is laying down a marker about when fake news isn’t a bad thing:
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/885525626588934146
In other words:
Literally, "it's okay when we do it".
— catduck (@kingxerocole) July 13, 2017
Area leftist says fake news is OK if it accomplishes outcome preferred by leftists. https://t.co/bcqaWPgkBz
— Steve Robinson (@BigSteve207) July 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/robert_venosa/status/885540656046845952
Go figure!
The inevitable conclusion was always going to be fake news is okay if it's a means to an end on our side. pic.twitter.com/IBmlTGvKDa
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 13, 2017
He's always been open about his disdain for the truth.
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) July 13, 2017
What change did it produce, if I may ask?
— OJFL (@ojfl) July 13, 2017
I guess credibility and integrity is a small price to pay for that.
— Ray G. (@rlg100619) July 13, 2017
This assumes that accurate reporting wouldn't have had the same effect https://t.co/H1FQCGFVMv
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 13, 2017
"It's okay that I lied about being sexually abused by my boss because he needed to get fired" https://t.co/kzCUrGhvY3
— matt’s idea shop (@MattsIdeaShop) July 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/AUChizad/status/885535426458636288
1. This is spot on until the "at producing much-needed change" conclusion.
2. This is how Trump won. https://t.co/Rk6YnOP2im— Lionel Mandrake (@LMandrakeJr) July 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/885531025123663872
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