WARNING TO CONSERVATIVES – These Are #FakeNews Sites That You Should NOT Be Sharing!

There are two types of fake news.

1- Real information that is somehow twisted, or details may be flubbed or left out, to mean something it doesn’t. (This happens the most.)

2- Full blown lies. Just totally not true.

There are also a bunch of satire sites out there, but sometimes it’s unclear if it’s actually satire or not. Unfortunately, many often fall for the joke.

It used to be easy to spot… No, Hillary Clinton did NOT adopt bat boy… but now… not so much!

The main stream media has gotten reeeally good at #1, publishing partially true information presented in a REALLY biased context to mislead their readers into believing something that’s false… thought they HAVE been dipping into #2 lately. (No pun intended… but seriously, they’re full of sh*t.)

Recently, CBS put together a list of “Fake News” websites. These are full-blown #2. (That pun might have been intended.)

You should be warned. There IS in fact fake “conservative” news. When people on our side share it, it just makes us look bad. We want to have FACTS and LOGIC on our side… and we do! So be smart about what you share, and keep an eye out for these guys:

• 70news.wordpress.com

The day after the election, the most popular Google search result about the popular vote came from 70news.wordpress.com. The site said Trump had won the popular vote by 700,000 votes. He had not.

The egregious error spurred Merrimack College communications professor Melissa Zimdars to compile a list of fake news sites. She told CBS News she wanted to “help my students navigate an increasingly complex and questionable media landscape.”

• Abcnews.com.co

The logo for this site is strikingly similar to that of the real ABC News.

The site published a story before the election with the (false) headline: “Donald Trump Protester Speaks Out: ‘I Was Paid $3,500 To Protest Trump’s Rally.’”

• Rilenews.com

Rilenews.com looks like a real news website, but the site’s “FAQ” section reads: “Are your stories real? Yes. If you believe fake news stories.”

• Worldnewsreport.com

“WNDR shall not be responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information,” says a disclaimer on Worldnewsreport.com, but the site’s tagline is: “News you can trust!”

• Empirenews.net

A disclaimer on the site reads: “Our website and social media content uses only fictional names, except in cases of public figures and celebrity parody or satirization.”

• Politicops.com

The site called Newslo, located at Politicops.com, says it is the “first hybrid news/satire platform on the web.” That has become confusing for some readers.

• Huzlers.com

Huzlers.com admits the news is satire. But stories from the site that appear on social media might deceive casual readers.

• Now8news.com

“Now8News.com is on the look for top stories in your area and across the world,” the “About” section of the site says, without clarifying that it is satire.

You can read the rest of the list here.

It’s pretty long… because there are A LOT of these websites out there… and unfortunately many of us fall for them! Heck… we’ve been tricked from time to time. Many of them are PURPOSEFULLY misleading!

So… be careful before you share something on your social media or assume that it’s fact.

The tricky part… lately EVERYTHING seems too insane to be real!