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mn9driver

(4,412 posts)
Thu Nov 17, 2016, 06:09 PM Nov 2016

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 don’t fact-check anything — they’ll 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.
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Facebook fake news creator claims he put Trump in White House (Original Post) mn9driver Nov 2016 OP
The Facebook hibbing Nov 2016 #1
Anyone who looked at some of the comments on DU's facebook page the past week BumRushDaShow Nov 2016 #4
Donald made up lots of stuff on the stump and his cult fans Cheered him on. riversedge Nov 2016 #2
He said he didnt do it for ideological reasons. I hate Trump, he told The Post riversedge Nov 2016 #3
"...but I never thought he'd actually get elected." ShakeWell Nov 2016 #5

hibbing

(10,076 posts)
1. The Facebook
Thu Nov 17, 2016, 06:21 PM
Nov 2016

Where millions of racist posts get made every day. Makes people feel comfortable with their racism, just like the candidate himself.


Peace

riversedge

(69,716 posts)
2. Donald made up lots of stuff on the stump and his cult fans Cheered him on.
Thu Nov 17, 2016, 06:44 PM
Nov 2016

Yes, how said for all of us.

riversedge

(69,716 posts)
3. He said he didnt do it for ideological reasons. I hate Trump, he told The Post
Thu Nov 17, 2016, 06:49 PM
Nov 2016

Horner has no soul.


.....Horner’s 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 Trump’s inner circle, including Trump’s son Eric and then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, shared links to Horner’s content. Horner’s 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, that’s 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 didn’t care because they’d already accepted it. It’s real scary.”

He said he didn’t do it for ideological reasons. “I hate Trump,” he told The Post. “I thought I was messing with the campaign, maybe I wasn’t messing them up as much as I wanted — but I never thought he’d actually get elected.”

ShakeWell

(28 posts)
5. "...but I never thought he'd actually get elected."
Thu Nov 17, 2016, 08:53 PM
Nov 2016

Said millions of protest voters, third party voters, the media who wanted a horse race, and dems who sat it out.
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