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→Other examples of fake news
In June 2019, ''MSNBC'' news anchor [[Kasie Hunt]] spread the Fake News narrative that 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate [[Joe Biden]] mentioned being able to work with [[Segregationists]] who were misidentified as "Republicans". Joe Biden did specifically name two segregationist Senators: James Eastland of [[Mississippi]] and Herman Talmadge of [[Georgia]]. However, both men were "proud, card-carrying members of the Democrat Party".<ref>Kasie Hunt Spreads Fake News Biden’s Segregationist Pals Were ‘Republicans’, https://www.teaparty.org/kasie-hunt-spreads-fake-news-bidens-segregationist-pals-were-republicans-368762/, June 19, 2019</ref><ref>U.S. Breaking News, Kasie Hunt Spreads Fake News Biden’s Segregationist Pals Were ‘Republicans’, https://usbreakingnews.net/2019/06/20/kasie-hunt-spreads-fake-news-bidens-segregationist-pals-were-republicans/, June 20, 2019</ref>
In June 2019, ''MSNBC'' news anchor [[Kasie Hunt]] spread the Fake News narrative that 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate [[Joe Biden]] mentioned being able to work with [[Segregationists]] who were misidentified as "Republicans". Joe Biden did specifically name two segregationist Senators: James Eastland of [[Mississippi]] and Herman Talmadge of [[Georgia]]. However, both men were "proud, card-carrying members of the Democrat Party".<ref>Kasie Hunt Spreads Fake News Biden’s Segregationist Pals Were ‘Republicans’, https://www.teaparty.org/kasie-hunt-spreads-fake-news-bidens-segregationist-pals-were-republicans-368762/, June 19, 2019</ref><ref>U.S. Breaking News, Kasie Hunt Spreads Fake News Biden’s Segregationist Pals Were ‘Republicans’, https://usbreakingnews.net/2019/06/20/kasie-hunt-spreads-fake-news-bidens-segregationist-pals-were-republicans/, June 20, 2019</ref>
While a relatively unimportant example, many media outlets reported December 31, 2019, as the last day of the decade when 2020 was also part of the same decade.<ref>Byas, Steve (January 1, 2020). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/34492-end-of-decade-stories-illustrate-how-media-perpetuates-false-narratives “End of Decade” Stories Illustrate How Media Perpetuates False Narratives]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 1, 2020.</ref>
=== CNN's promotion of fake news ===
=== CNN's promotion of fake news ===