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by Terretta 3508 days ago
> "Why only mention pro-Trump fake news?"

Sounds like you didn't read the whole article, as it mentions anti-Trump fake news and then answers your question:

After the election, Mr. Zuckerberg claimed that the fake news was a problem on “both sides” of the race. There are, of course, viral fake anti-Trump memes, but reporters have found that the spread of false news is far more common on the right than it is on the left.

The Macedonian teenagers found this, too. They had experimented with left-leaning or pro-Bernie Sanders content, but gave up when they found it wasn’t as reliable a source of income as pro-Trump content. But even if Mr. Zuckerberg were right and fake news were equally popular on both sides, it would still be a profound problem.

2 comments

Reporters found? The same reporters that had it in the bag for Clinton all along?
I read the article just fine. It's mentioned in a byline at the bottom of the article.