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Chitchat What's the difference between rumour and fake news?

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Rumour has been in existence since time immemorial and there are existing laws to curb it.

What is so special about fake news?
 
All these come about because of the Oxley Rise saga.

Gahmen wants media like Facebook to delete the "fake news" pages when they deem that it is "fake news".
 
Rumours are like smoke. They can turn into a inferno.
Fake news are those peddled by main stream media and governments to turn falsehood into reality.
Sham-on-u-mugum is rebranding these rumours as fake news.
Those with skeletons in their closet will benefit from these rebranding.
 
Fake News : First wife of Lanjiao Loong had a heart attack.
Rumour : Albino was an offspring of her and old fuck.
Real News : She was murdered by Gecko.
 
I cannot recall any major happening or disaster due to fake news in Singapore...so why they sudden attention and focus on it.

The timely fashion this Select Committee hearing being set up is perhaps to counter anymore attempts by the siblings of a certain well known and active politician to publish what is deemed as "fake news" in the social media concerning filial piety and the fate of a bungalow.

If only they set up a Select Committee with a fraction of that budget to look at loan shark activities in Singapore instead.
 
Because there will soon be leaks about how close Singapore is to insolvency and they cannot allow that one to go out.
 
Rumour: You were raped.
Fake News: You weren't raped.
Real News: You were raped but police can't determine if you really were. So back to rumour.
 
Rumour has been in existence since time immemorial and there are existing laws to curb it.

What is so special about fake news?
At least there are physical signs to create a rumor. When you see smoke from a distance, it was rumored that there was a huge fire. Fake news are grey depending on the person hearing it wanting it to be true or fake. For example Shit Times reported that it has done some "survey" and result showed 80% loves GST hike or 97% think SMRT has improved it services. The govt think it is true but netizens think it is fake. Netizen put up video to show that Grace Hu has caused dismay for chopping reserved parking lot, the govt think it is fake and kept quiet (silence is admittance of fake news) but evidence showed the video is true. This Select Comittee is to nap netizen from spreading the truth and freed the MSM for spreading fake news. What is true and what is fake is a matter of politcal interest depending on which side of the camp you are in and you know which camp the select committees are largely made of.
 
Rumour: You were raped.
Fake News: You weren't raped.
Real News: You were raped but police can't determine if you really were. So back to rumour.

A better way to clarify these 3 types of news or rumours is to consider them in the light of the Oxley rise saga.....
 
At least Silvia Lim is more real than the Sham and all the 3 PAP generals (Pinky, Teo, Kee Chiu) to say the least.
 
Actual the middle claim is a real news.

Rumors is like no smoke without fire.
He must have thought Gecko's cheebye was defective, one CAQ, one monster and one cheehong. So he tried DiL's cheebye, who knew, another freak.
 
Real News: We lose our CPF to the man-date
Fake News: She's our first lady and mother of PAPland.
Rumour: A certain nephew is being sued because of...
 
every post by tanwhatthefucktiu is fake news. very easy. no need to analyze.
 
This definitely cannot be rumour or fake news right? P A P should start another select committee to regulate sexy jokes.



 
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