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Fake News: Election

From Washington, DC, it’s DECISION 2088: Your vote, your voice! CRINKLE: Hello and welcome to APN’s coverage of DECISION 2088, where your voice matters. I’m Holly Crinkle… FORRESTER: …and I’m Dax Forrester. Big news on the campaign trail today as the I Don’t Care Party nominee for president, House Representative Juniper the Pomeranian of Iowa, …

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Fake News: Experiment

January 23, 2016 (Day #1) My hypothesis is simple: If a cultural creation by the African American ethnic group can be appropriated, it will be. How might I justify and then prove this claim? The presence, prominence and dominance of African American traditions and innovations in international popular culture has been widely documented. The specificity …

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Fake News: Jacob Russo

United States Senate candidate Jacob Russo’s polling in the Oregon Democratic primary hasfallen precipitously after a gaffe Sunday that journalists have called “electoral suicide.” Russo,who last week led second-place opponent Maribel Bonilla-Fuentes by a whopping 56 points,now trails her 7 to 93.Trade unionist Russo’s blunder took place when he was asked at a Portland campaign …

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Fake News: Cash Codie

Grammy nominated rapper Cash Codie, whose real name is Cody Mason, will no longer be hosting the American Music Awards next month after being accused of significantly ramping up his “blaccent,” a portmanteau of the words “black” and “accent,” in recent weeks. Mason, the white 26-year-old artist behind the Billboard smash hit “Different Kinds,” is …

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Fake News: Lee-Saw

Recent statements by Maryland governor and Democratic presidential candidate Antonia Lee, along with some help from a particular newspaper of record, have accidentally spawned the nation’s hottest buzzword: “Lee-sawing.” To Lee-saw on an issue, a term popularized by a recent New York Times headline (“Lee-Saw: Maryland Governor Keeps Buttering Bread on Both Sides”), is to …

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