First Annual Fake News Awards

**Cancel 2020.1** · 01-19-2018, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Right

Actually it does.

Nope.

An opinion column isn't a news report.

I mean, look at what you've had to do - you've had to unsuccessfully argue that economics is a 100% predictable science, which is completely false. And you have had to try to do so w/ a straight face.

I hate to see that. Just admit that an opinion column isn't news.

**Cancel 2020.1** · 01-19-2018, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Darth Omar

Again, you’re basing your objection on ‘news’ being strictly interpreted as reportage.

Whereas, Trump’s Fake News is directed at the media, generally. Krugman may be an economist but he is also a media pundit—he just confines himself to economic matters.

And yes, opinions can be lies or at least based on lies.

That's just spin.

An opinion column cannot be fake news.

**PostmodernProphet** · 01-19-2018, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Thing1

I can't handle the truth

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**MAGA MAN** · 01-19-2018, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by Thing1

Nope.

An opinion column isn't a news report.

I mean, look at what you've had to do - you've had to unsuccessfully argue that economics is a 100% predictable science, which is completely false. And you have had to try to do so w/ a straight face.

I hate to see that. Just admit that an opinion column isn't news.

Like climate science is 100% predictable? Nice straw man, but you've already tried that one.

**Cancel 2020.1** · 01-19-2018, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by Right

Like climate science is 100% predictable? Nice straw man, but you've already tried that one.

No - climate science absolutely is not 100% predictable.

Can you link to where I have stated that?

**Cancel 2020.1** · 01-19-2018, 05:22 PM

Also, you wouldn't be posting the Grind-supplied face if you were confident in your position. I enjoy seeing that as a result.

**PostmodernProphet** · 01-19-2018, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by Thing1

Also, you wouldn't be posting the Grind-supplied face if you were confident in your position. I enjoy seeing that as a result.

???....when we get done proving you're an idiot what is left but to mock you.......

**MAGA MAN** · 01-19-2018, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by Thing1

No - climate science absolutely is not 100% predictable.

Can you link to where I have stated that?

I never said you did. But yet that is science, like economics. I would argue that climate science is much harder to predict than economic science, as centuries of societal behavior with various economic systems is well documented.

**MAGA MAN** · 01-19-2018, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by Thing1

Also, you wouldn't be posting the Grind-supplied face if you were confident in your position. I enjoy seeing that as a result.

Wait, I thought your argument was that human behavior was unpredictable?

**Darth Omar** · 01-19-2018, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by Thing1

That's just spin.

An opinion column cannot be fake news.

You played the same game with Trump’s wiretap Tweet where your lie accusation only stands because it interpreted ‘wiretap’ to mean only a literal wiretap. The [your] problem is ‘wiretap’ can and does have a colloquial meaning.

Aka snooping.

**dukkha** · 01-19-2018, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by Darth Omar

You played the same game with Trump’s wiretap Tweet where your lie accusation only stands because it interpreted ‘wiretap’ to mean only a literal wiretap. The [your] problem is ‘wiretap’ can and does have a colloquial meaning.

Aka snooping.

I went over this last night with Thing...finally to advance the conversation I agreed Krugman wasn't reportage.
So if one says news is ONLY reportage, then Krugman wasn't fake news.

But Krugman appears in the NYTimes as a feature writer,and the NYTimes is surely newz..
And Krugman has influence over people's attitudes towards the economy.

Krugman himself said he was wrong to let his bias influence his writing, so that's fake news (or writing) .
Trump hate destroyed his objectivity, and he turned out crappy work because of it.