# Can a Trump supporter explain to me how fake news works? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-trump-supporter-explain-to-me-how-fake-news-works/823919 "2018-11-03T00:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-trump-supporter-explain-to-me-how-fake-news-works/823919/41 "2018-11-04T23:08:03Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > This is a fascinating study in actual fake news. Do you happen to remember where you read/heard the framing in which the fascists simply showed up at some pre-existing milquetoast protest and ruined what was otherwise a civil discussion about statues? Because that’s…not what happened. The fascists directly organized and planned the event themselves. Huh. I’m seems as if I was wrong about the organization of the event and will eat my crow. However, it doesn’t change what Trump said or the meaning of it. He very likely misspoke and was talking about the confederate monument supporters, or he is Adolf Hitler, Jr. (Remember, there were several demonstrations in Charlottesville that summer not attended or supported by these hate groups). Maybe we should ask him to clarify? Oh, we did, and he’s said a hillion jillion times that he does not support Nazis or white supremacists. Maybe he was confused about the organization of the event just like I was because of similar recent protests/events in the same city. But let’s not let that get in the way of a good Trump bashing. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-trump-supporter-explain-to-me-how-fake-news-works/823919)._