"Fake News": The Emergence of a Post-Fact World

[Warren Dew]

(01-14-2017, 04:37 PM)SomeGuy Wrote: Where were the New York Times' fact-checkers in the lead-up to the Iraq War?

They were fired when they flagged some articles about some sniper down South.

Somehow back in 2001, the stories about 9/11 being a Bush administration conspiracy never gained traction, mostly because they never gained significant coverage.  Now, leftist papers are all up in arms about the stuff.  Perhaps they view it as infringing on their turf.