# Bullshit fake news from the left **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 12, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641 "2017-02-12T09:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/41 "2017-02-12T20:20:55Z")
Awww…this thread isn’t going the way you thought it would, huh **aldiboronti**? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/42 "2017-02-12T20:40:25Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > And, yes, I know the right does it too. Circulating widely at present is [this fake photoshopped picture of Steve Bannon.](http://gizmodo.com/that-photo-of-steve-bannon-is-totally-fake-1792252879) > > Now come on, he’s ugly enough as he is, why the fuck would people need to add to it? This stupid crap from the left and right needs to stop. The divisions are stark enough already, aggravating them with this sort of shit is beyond stupid. Fake news: When “news” is released by supposedly reputable persons or organizations that the person or organization releasing it has no reason to believe is true(or is itself s making up this “news”), but releases it as factual anyway. But you know this already since this isn’t the first time this topic has been discussed, _so what the flying fuck is your problem, jackass?_ ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/43 "2017-02-12T20:44:24Z")
I was struck with the hilarity of two front page photoshopped photos of Hillary Clinton in the National Enquirer. In a September issue they claimed Hillary had ballooned to 289 pounds (she was actually around 135) and a couple of weeks later had her on death’s door looking like a zombie. This photo of Bannon is not photoshopped. It was taken by Jeremy Liebman, and accompanied a Bloomberg article. [Story](https://medium.com/the-shocker/steve-bannon-week-portrait-of-a-schlub-3d63d77d0102#.bvu5ice96) [![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*8NVMxmPuXi-1TkuQGTCMDw.jpeg) ](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*8NVMxmPuXi-1TkuQGTCMDw.jpeg) Bannon is a schlub. He is also, effectively, the president. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/44 "2017-02-12T21:13:06Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I was struck with the hilarity of two front page photoshopped photos of Hillary Clinton in the National Enquirer. In a September issue they claimed Hillary had ballooned to 289 pounds (she was actually around 135) and a couple of weeks later had her on death’s door looking like a zombie. > > This photo of Bannon is not photoshopped. It was taken by Jeremy Liebman, and accompanied a Bloomberg article. [Story](https://medium.com/the-shocker/steve-bannon-week-portrait-of-a-schlub-3d63d77d0102#.bvu5ice96) > > [https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1\*8NVMxmPuXi-1TkuQGTCMDw.jpeg](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*8NVMxmPuXi-1TkuQGTCMDw.jpeg) > > Bannon is a schlub. He is also, effectively, the president. Actually the fake was referring to the altered face only picture of Bannon early in the article. Still, the whole article looks more like pointing at a “[Streisand effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect)” it makes everyone notice the real picture that is not flattering at all. He does look like an axe murderer. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/45 "2017-02-12T21:21:36Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Actually the fake was referring to the altered face only picture of Bannon early in the article. Still, the whole article looks more like pointing at a “[Streisand effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect)” it makes everyone notice the real picture that is not flattering at all. He does look like an axe murderer. At least he shaved. He no longer looks like a homeless axe murderer. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/46 "2017-02-12T22:27:00Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I remember how a professional creator of fake news pointed out that the fake news bits were consumed by the left and the right, but there was a big difference. > > There were less bites coming from the left side because many times that side countered or checked more often if a bit of news was true. “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, _ **and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so** _.” Acts 17:11, KJV Other translations refer to them as the Bereans. I’ve been quoting this to people on the right who call themselves “Christians” for more than a year now, asking them to verify if things are true before posting them on Facebook, message boards or emails. Sadly, the only response I’ve ever gotten is profanity and anger. They’ve lost sight of the truth and are no longer interested in it, because they are no longer Christians in belief, but only in name. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/47 "2017-02-12T22:36:55Z")
And here I thought we’d be talking about AddictingInfo or some shit like that. You do realize, that there is such a thing as _actual_ left-wing fake news, right **aldi**? You don’t have to reach to chain emails or facebook memes to find it! It’s quite prevalent! Not nearly as prevalent or influential as right-wing fake news, but it’s not hard to find a handful of sites on the left that have little to no interest in the truth. This is just pathetic. What the fuck were you thinking? ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/48 "2017-02-12T23:50:13Z")
Not coming back to defend your thread, **aldiboronti**? No? Have you always been a gutless pussy coward? That’s okay, though…all of the other Trumplings are gutless pussy cowards, too. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/49 "2017-02-13T00:24:46Z")
After eight years of birth certificates, and “you didn’t build that”, and death panels, and stand-down orders, and “what difference does it make”, and child sex trafficking from the basement of a pizza place, now the OP thinks we need to put an end to fake news? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/50 "2017-02-13T00:29:14Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > And, yes, I know the right does it too. Circulating widely at present is [this fake photoshopped picture of Steve Bannon.](http://gizmodo.com/that-photo-of-steve-bannon-is-totally-fake-1792252879) > > Now come on, he’s ugly enough as he is, why the fuck would people need to add to it? This stupid crap from the left and right needs to stop. The divisions are stark enough already, aggravating them with this sort of shit is beyond stupid. Special snowflake needs a trigger warning before Internetting. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/51 "2017-02-13T02:33:19Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > This is fake “news”: [http://mediamatters.org/research/2008/07/02/fox-news-airs-altered-photos-of-ny-times-report/143921](http://mediamatters.org/research/2008/07/02/fox-news-airs-altered-photos-of-ny-times-report/143921). An alleged news source altering facts. > > Some idiot with Twitter is just some idiot with Twitter. > > Do you not see the difference? Hey, a random facebook user posting a distorted picture of a hateful asshole is exactly the same as Fox News, a supposedly legitimate news source, posting distorted pictures of journalists. Exactly the same! ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/52 "2017-02-13T05:34:13Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > And here I thought we’d be talking about AddictingInfo or some shit like that. You do realize, that there is such a thing as _actual_ left-wing fake news, right **aldi**? You don’t have to reach to chain emails or facebook memes to find it! It’s quite prevalent! Not nearly as prevalent or influential as right-wing fake news, but **it’s not hard to find** a handful of sites on the left that have little to no interest in the truth. > > This is just pathetic. What the fuck were you thinking? Are you sure? Not that fake-lefts exist but that it wouldn’t be hard for **aldi** to find them? He probably has his Google trained to avoid left-wing sites; what he knows about the Left is what FoxNews tells him. And Fox propagandists have a similar problem — they don’t want to risk polluting their own ideological purity by reading HuffingtonPost, let alone AddictingInfo, they “learn” a little about the Left from Samantha Bee and SNL, but mostly rely on Twitter. Did **aldi** even tell us where he saw the photo? Probably from his AltRight cousin on Facebook who was complaining about it. Everyone’s in their own Alternate Reality now. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > After eight years of birth certificates, and “you didn’t build that”, and death panels, and stand-down orders, and “what difference does it make”, and child sex trafficking from the basement of a pizza place, now the OP thinks we need to put an end to fake news? See? All **aldi** knows about these matters is that those quotes are word-for-word correct, Trump did triumphantly force the imposter to produce a birth certificate, and [the death panels are real — Bill Akins says so.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/11/gop-official-in-viral-town-hall-video-is-known-for-sharing-misleading-stories-bigoted-jokes/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_fla-rep-545pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.2fae294b52a5) I’m not sure what the status of the child sex slaves in the pizza parlor basement is — I’ve heard that Donald J. Trump personally freed the slaves but was too modest to publicize it! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/53 "2017-02-13T07:19:30Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > And, yes, I know the right does it too. Circulating widely at present is [this fake photoshopped picture of Steve Bannon.](http://gizmodo.com/that-photo-of-steve-bannon-is-totally-fake-1792252879) > > Now come on, he’s ugly enough as he is, why the fuck would people need to add to it? This stupid crap from the left and right needs to stop. The divisions are stark enough already, aggravating them with this sort of shit is beyond stupid. Shorter **aldi** : “See, we right-wing nutjobs are victims too!” ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/54 "2017-02-14T00:34:33Z")
So, **aldiboronti** , any response? I guess you have better self control than I do, because I don’t think I’ve ever let my own thread sit this long without checking in. Maybe someone with better SDMB skills can tell us in the peanut gallery whether our esteemed OP has been back on the board since he posted this. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/55 "2017-02-14T00:44:07Z")
Well, everyone has said pretty much everything on the topic, so I’ll just repeat, a meme is not news, and how could this be news anyway outside your mind, aldi, as I am an official news maniac, and I had never seen it until I saw this thread. Was it a joke? If so, you might add those little smileys to make sure we get it. 😛😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/56 "2017-02-14T00:47:11Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > So, **aldiboronti** , any response? I guess you have better self control than I do, because I don’t think I’ve ever let my own thread sit this long without checking in. > > Maybe someone with better SDMB skills can tell us in the peanut gallery whether our esteemed OP has been back on the board since he posted this. Most recent activity: 3:12 pm(Pacific) today. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/57 "2017-02-14T19:35:47Z")
Which is now yesterday. Maybe he’s busy breeding _crickets_. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/58 "2017-02-14T19:49:19Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Special snowflake needs a trigger warning before Internetting. Snowflake is one of my trigger words. Please respect my personhood. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/59 "2017-02-14T19:59:20Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Snowflake is one of my trigger words. Please respect my personhood. Thank you. No problem – trigger warning: you may get called a snowflake. You’re welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641/60 "2017-02-14T20:05:27Z")
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