“Whether you agree with it or not, what I do is an art form. The stuff that I write a lot of the time – I read it and I laugh at myself. It’s ridiculous.” ~Christopher Blair to the BBC about writing deliberately fake news.
We all seem to agree that fake news exists. Many of us also understand that fake news isn’t properly defined by Donald Trump, who claims every story that’s critical of him is fake.
The BBC interviewed one of the most prolific writers of fake news. They discovered why the Maine resident does it, how he does it and whether Facebook’s crackdown is having an effect on it. He seems to think it’s all a big joke. I think it’s dangerous. He’s poisoning peoples’ minds to make money. You can decide for yourself after reading the article HERE.