16 Times The Media Used Facts To Spread Lies

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16 Times The Media Used Facts To Spread Lies

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You're probably aware of the epidemic of fake news consuming our media. But there's something more insidious going on, where outlets will take a fact that is true, but present it in a context that spreads false information. And there's an absolute pandemic of media outlets doing just that.

These examples are just from the past six months.

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