False CNN-porn report shows how fast fake news spreads

[FarCenter]

LOS ANGELES — No, despite what you read, CNN did not run porn for 30 minutes last night, as was reported by Fox News, the New York Post,Variety and other news organizations, several of which later corrected their stories.

User @solikearose tweeted that Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown," travel show had been replaced, instead, by 30 minutes of porn, via the RCN Boston cable network. That tweet, bolstered by a statement from CNN that seemed to confirm the mishap, was the basis of stories from the U.K Independent and other outlets.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/11/25/false-cnn-porn-report-shows-how-fast-fake-news-spreads/94441324/

[LisaL]

1. Nowdays you can't tell real from the fake.

[FarCenter]

2. Real and fake are two unattainable ends of a spectrum

[rzemanfl]

3. Please tell me all the news since 12:01 a.m. 11/9 has been fake.

Really please. Really, really.

[FarPoint]

7. A founding father of fake news ...

Fox News.... they earned an Oscar.

[Roland99]

4. M M. going for the shock value and ratings.

No one verifying a goddamn thing.

M$M

Not sure why the subject was edited down

[saltpoint]

5. Half an hour of porn might be pretty

competitive fare compared to the drivel and half-ass analysis CNN usually serves up.

They might want to consider a change in programming...

[Eugene]

6. Crossposted to the Media group.

Thanks for sharing this.

I fell for it too.

[tenderfoot]

8. A quick search showed that the story wasn't picked up by other networks...

but since two DUer's posted it here must mean that fake news spreads fast.

[unblock]

9. A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Nothing new under the sun....