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::::The mainstream media does promote fake news -- promoting false "facts" and interpretations. The difference between biased reporting and fake news is not as clear-cut as you might think. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 11:50, 5 April 2017 (EDT)
::::The mainstream media does promote fake news -- promoting false "facts" and interpretations. The difference between biased reporting and fake news is not as clear-cut as you might think. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 11:50, 5 April 2017 (EDT)
:::(edit conflict) @DavidB4: Fair enough, but I think JDano's changes were too drastic. He removed pretty much all mention of Trump from the intro (while at the same time inserting a mention of "Russian interference" in the intro (possible POV issue as well there). He also moved some paragraphs well-suited for the intro. He also un-bolded very good evidence that fake news mainly comes from liberals. If someone wants to make changes, please keep these points in mind. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 11:47, 5 April 2017 (EDT)
:::(edit conflict) @DavidB4: Fair enough, but I think JDano's changes were too drastic. He removed pretty much all mention of Trump from the intro (while at the same time inserting a mention of "Russian interference" in the intro (possible POV issue as well there). He also moved some paragraphs well-suited for the intro. He also un-bolded very good evidence that fake news mainly comes from liberals. If someone wants to make changes, please keep these points in mind. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 11:47, 5 April 2017 (EDT)
:1) Use of bold italic in that manner is not consistent with our style manual. I can see it used for exceptionally important points in very long articles or to put one or two words in bold for clarity, but this particular use comes across a desperate and not persuasive.<br>
2) The largest fabricators of fake news have been the Russians. Many fake news IP addresses resolve to Russia. As we note, this was a documented problem with the Netherlands elections before the 2016 US elections.[[User:JDano|JDano]] ([[User talk:JDano|talk]]) 12:06, 5 April 2017 (EDT)