#SHOCKING
POSTED BY: Wishimay
UPDATED: Thursday, May 7, 2026 16:32
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http://www.newsweek.com/liberals-dont-share-believe-fake-news-much-rig
ht-wing-study-finds-800219
Fake news published in the U.S. was overwhelmingly consumed and shared by right-wing social media users, a new study from the University of Oxford has revealed.
Research from Oxford's "computational propaganda project" investigated into the sources of "junk news" shared in the three months leading up to President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address last month.
On Facebook, they found that "extreme hard-right" conservatives shared more fake news stories than all other political groups combined, while on Twitter, Trump supporters consumed the most fake news.
Could it be that they are low IQ gullible people that can't reason for themselves?
Hmmm.
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lol
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Those who produce fake news don't consider their news to be 'fake'.
SHOCKING !
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
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You DO know Oxford is in the U.K., right?
They aren't here. This is another country doing the research.
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Oh. That means it's not fake.
I suppose that any studies coming out of say.... Russia would be equally as valid under those parameters?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by Wishimay:
You DO know Oxford is in the U.K., right?
They aren't here. This is another country doing the research.
Good post wishie. Of course the trolls here will balk but so what. I mean really, so what.
T
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It's now trolling to point out a valid flaw in somebody's argument.
You're a regular genius there, T.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
It's now trolling to point out a valid flaw in somebody's argument.
You're a regular genius there, T.
Flaw Jack? A study done at Oxford is flawed, because you Jack say so? Now that's funny. Also,the fact that you can't distinguish the difference between Russia and England is sad. And yes, telling.
I'll give you a hint. England ally, Russia foe. England represents a free society, Russia does not.
T
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Originally posted by THGRRI:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
It's now trolling to point out a valid flaw in somebody's argument.
You're a regular genius there, T.
Flaw Jack? A study done at Oxford is flawed, because you Jack say so? Now that's funny. Also,the fact that you can't distinguish the difference between Russia and England is sad. And yes, telling.
I'll give you a hint. England ally, Russia foe. England represents a free society, Russia does not.
The flaw is in Wishy's argument that the study is valid because it was done outside of the USA. Since that was her only parameter for justifying the study, it would be safe then to assume that if the study was done in Russia than it would be just as valid. If it makes you feel better, insert [BLANK] country out of the 192 other countries that don't include the US, UK or Russia.
Although I didn't speak at all about the study itself, there are very, very many reasons why it could be flawed itself.
Without looking any further into it at the moment, I find it rather telling that under the "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND DISCLOSURES" section of the actual study, it says the following:
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Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the European Research Council, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, or the University of Oxford.
That's sure a handy cop-out to use. One that somebody with an agenda might be smart enough to put in their "study" if they thought that it didn't actually hold up under any amount of scrutiny.
So, right there, either the research team is being completely disingenuous with their findings and giving this story to Newsweek, and/or Newsweek themselves is guilty of contributing to the "Fake News" epidemic when the very first line of their article says:
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Fake news published in the U.S. was overwhelmingly consumed and shared by right-wing social media users, a new study from the University of Oxford has revealed.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.
" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall
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