Facebook fake news creator claims he put Trump in White House
Source: CBS News
Paul Horner the 38-year-old self-made titan of a fake news empire on Facebook is claiming responsibility for pushing Donald Trump to the White House, and says he has no plans to stop publishing fake news.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Horner attributed his success to Trumps particular base of supporters. He is the man behind such viral headlines as The Amish in America Commit their Vote to Donald Trump and President Obama Signs Executive Order Banning the National Anthem at all Sporting Events Nationwide neither of which were true.
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My sites were picked up by Trump supporters all the time. I think Trump is in the White House because of me. His followers dont fact-check anything theyll post everything, believe anything. His campaign manager posted my story about a protester getting paid $3,500 as fact. Like, I made that up. I posted a fake ad on Craigslist, he told The Washington Post.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-election-facebook-fake-news-creator-paul-horner-claims-responsibility/
How sad for all of us.
hibbing
(10,076 posts)Where millions of racist posts get made every day. Makes people feel comfortable with their racism, just like the candidate himself.
Peace
BumRushDaShow
(127,297 posts)would heartily agree!
riversedge
(69,716 posts)Yes, how said for all of us.
riversedge
(69,716 posts)Horner has no soul.
.....Horners fake news articles published on sites designed to mimic the look and feel of well-known, legitimate news outlets had enormous impact this election cycle. Even members of Donald Trumps inner circle, including Trumps son Eric and then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, shared links to Horners content. Horners stories also made their way to Google News, known to feature stories from reputable news sources.
Honestly, people are definitely dumber, Horner told The Post to explain the popularity of his content, which he suggested he sees as satire akin to The Onion. Nobody fact-checks anything anymore I mean, thats how Trump got elected. He just said whatever he wanted, and people believed everything, and when the things he said turned out not to be true, people didnt care because theyd already accepted it. Its real scary.
He said he didnt do it for ideological reasons. I hate Trump, he told The Post. I thought I was messing with the campaign, maybe I wasnt messing them up as much as I wanted but I never thought hed actually get elected.
ShakeWell
(28 posts)Said millions of protest voters, third party voters, the media who wanted a horse race, and dems who sat it out.