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I don't know if you have never met anyone who thought Obama was born in Kenya, or that Hillary Clinton murdered one of her campaign staffers but there is definitely fake news out there.

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Yeah, and sometimes it's in the actual news. For example, I just saw an investigated a tweet from election day claiming that voters in Chesapeake had to be escorted by the police due to intimidation by Trump supporters, and found an local news article debunking it:

http://wavy.com/2016/11/08/police-no-reports-of-voter-intimi...

And right below that, an IBT page repeating it verbatim without investigation:

http://www.ibtimes.com/voter-fraud-2016-where-election-day-r...

It's not uncommon these days for news organisations to lazily use Twitter as a source in this way. Actually contacting the police force which had supposedly escorted voters would involve actual reporting.

I don't know if you have never read any trump anti-semitic photo story on washington post?

Sounds like you and GP are in agreement then.

Then why was I downvoted?

Likely because of your tone and the way you conveyed your point, rather than the point yourself. That attracts down votes as well. If your message was that this happens regardless of party, you can say just that. FWIW, I think the tone of your parent could be better as well, which may have contributed to the manner in which you posted.

Given no one has commented on why they down voted, this is just speculation on my part based on what I've seen elsewhere on HN.

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