The Real-World Consequences of 'Fake News'
24 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE ARE ANGRY TOO, DON'T ABANDON RSN - We are seeing the ruthless side of American politics rear its ugly head. Shocking and demoralizing to be sure. But in fairness certainly not surprising. Stick with Reader Supported News. We have a movement to build. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Rohingya refugees head to makeshift camps after crossing into Bangladesh from Burma. (photo: Jorge Silva/Reuters) The Real-World Consequences of 'Fake News' By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic 23 December 17 “Once you’re uprooted from your sense of reality, that allows all sorts of other uprootings to take place.” hen Donald Trump’s press secretary was recently asked to comment on a rogues’ gallery of foreign leaders embracing her boss’s catchphrase of “fake news,” she essentially made the Las Vegas argument: What happens in the United States stays in th...