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From Breitbart:
Another day, another very fake news story from the network President Donald Trump has identified as "very fake news."
CNN's Thomas Frank on Thursday evening published what would have been considered an explosive report if remotely true: One anonymous source told him both the Treasury Department and Senate Intelligence Committee are probing a Russian investment fund with ties to several senior finance world leaders close to President Trump. Only problem? Both Trump administration officials and those close to Senate GOP leadership say it's simply untrue.
The retraction from CNN:
On June 22, 2017, CNN.com published a story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
That story did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted. Links to the story have been disabled. CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci.
According to BuzzFeed News, CNN has responded by actually requiring executives to review stories:
CNN is imposing strict new publishing restrictions for online articles involving Russia after the network deleted a story and then issued a retraction late Friday, according to an internal email obtained by BuzzFeed News.
The email went out at 11:21 a.m. on Saturday from Rich Barbieri, the CNNMoney executive editor, saying "No one should publish any content involving Russia without coming to me and Jason," a CNN vice president.
At least now we'll know who to blame.
[Ed Note: I debated leaving this in politics or dropping it to the main page. I opted for the latter because politics or not, the prevalence of "fake news" is one that we deal with on a daily basis from our respective social media feeds to all the major broadcast and cable news networks. How are we to tell what is "fake" and what is actually (relatively) "true"? The main stream media all put their spin on everything. A right slant for some, a left slant for others. Is the truth somewhere in between, or is it a story that we aren't getting becasue the mainstream media is so intent on telling their narrative that we the people are getting the shit end of the stick regardless of where we get the so called news?]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Sulla on Tuesday June 27 2017, @03:31PM (10 children)
Then submit more articles that are not politics related. If Soylent is not what you want, that is your fault. Of all of the options of places you could have gone, you chose here.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 27 2017, @03:40PM (3 children)
The mods don't have duty to post any old shit that gets submitted, though. The problem is that all this partisan politics stuff just puts people off the site, why bother trying to fight the tide here instead of looking for an alternative elsewhere. It isn't even about 'challenging views' because the base level of political discussion here is idiotic regardless of which tribe the commenters support - that's the real problem, the shitty political 'discourse' makes visiting the site a chore that isn't worth it anymore.
You say to submit other stories, but they just get hijacked by the same arguments and posters. Everything is turned political, and it isn't even nuanced politics just pure tribal aggression. As every other part of the internet seems to have devolved to the same standard then I think its just better to cut my losses and quit the site.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 27 2017, @04:15PM (1 child)
Trump trump trump trumpitty trump trump trump!
He's keeping his promises, why you triggered bro?
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 27 2017, @04:27PM
Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday June 27 2017, @08:05PM
This is off-base. I submit a lot of articles to SN (2556, according to the Hall of Fame [soylentnews.org]). 95% of them are tech/science related. The other 5% are 'techonomics'/social science.
Some of them are substantive and excite nerdy discussion, but those don't come along often. Most articles cover incremental changes or findings or improvements. Many of them are composed by university/laboratory/institute press departments who nearly always try to sex things up. It's the way the world is.
Some of them are silly, and are submitted because they're silly and we can all have a nerdy chuckle.
If you're not happy with the selection and volume of tech/sci articles on the site, then submit some and/or suggest more sources beyond the usual like phys.org or arstechnica. If you don't like articles about politics, then switch them off in your account preferences. You can do that here.
What is not appreciated in a community-driven site like this, which has given you these options to improve your and our experience, is to complain and stamp your feet that the rest of us volunteers are not doing a good enough job to meet your high standards.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by i286NiNJA on Tuesday June 27 2017, @05:08PM (5 children)
It's almost impossible to escape now that paid trolls are stirring shit all over the internet.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 27 2017, @07:03PM (1 child)
I too agree that Trump is doing gods work. If only the damned heathen liberals would see their evil ways.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday June 27 2017, @08:15PM
I make no apology for being evil. Also, I may or may not be blind, you insensitive clod.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Sulla on Wednesday June 28 2017, @04:18AM (2 children)
I know, I can't believe how much Trump is paying for 'correct the record' and 'shareblue' to spread fake news all over the internet, interrupt topics that are unrelated to push his agenda, and generally shit up the place.
Oh wait...
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 28 2017, @08:32AM
I'm still waiting! I am sure that TMB could be bought for a couple thou, or some really good crappie fishing. Sad thing, if he had held out, he coulda got hisself some bass. Pretty sure of it.
(Score: 1) by i286NiNJA on Wednesday June 28 2017, @04:04PM
It's really interesting to watch the progression. There used to be an army of guys making comments about OBUMMER! random places all over the internet. It wasn't clear if these guys were paid or not but I know they would argue bullshit with you all day until you suggested they were a paid troll and now that particular brand of shitposting has morphed and evolved to the more sophisticated shit we see today.
This is what people were afraid the gutenberg press would do.