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gulliver

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8. I think that's a good analysis.

Reply to FarCenter (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 01:15 PM

Dec 2016

Adblock Plus is a good solution for some people, but it doesn't solve the problem in general. How we get out of this situation, I don't know. We haven't solved spam. We haven't even solved junk mail.

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Fake News [View all] underpants Dec 2016 OP

News used to imply investigative journalism. karadax Dec 2016 #1

There are so REALLY good investigative journalists out there underpants Dec 2016 #5

This might seem off topic... Blanks Dec 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author karadax Dec 2016 #3

The five underpants Dec 2016 #6

Part of it is the way that ad auctioning works FarCenter Dec 2016 #4

I'm aware of the money element of it underpants Dec 2016 #7

I think that's a good analysis. gulliver Dec 2016 #8

Exactly! Why the fuss now? Half of whats on CNN is fake news, what about national enquirer et all?? jack_krass Dec 2016 #9

One way to ID fake news ... ificandream Dec 2016 #10