El Pais & Co. are heavily pushing this lie that there's somehow a very significant amount of "fake news" on the other side.
I believe that they are purposefully overstating the significance of the "fake news" on the pro-independence side, and are simply trying to use the slightest indication of such to discredit the pro-independence side as a whole.
Where their theory really falls apart the most is the fact that all the "fake news" they speak of are in English. It feels fundamentally strange that "fake news" on small English language blogs would significantly affect the political sentiments in Catalonia.
https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/09/25/inenglish/1506323273_06...
https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2017/10/20/aixo_va_de_d...
El Pais & Co. are heavily pushing this lie that there's somehow a very significant amount of "fake news" on the other side.
I believe that they are purposefully overstating the significance of the "fake news" on the pro-independence side, and are simply trying to use the slightest indication of such to discredit the pro-independence side as a whole.
Where their theory really falls apart the most is the fact that all the "fake news" they speak of are in English. It feels fundamentally strange that "fake news" on small English language blogs would significantly affect the political sentiments in Catalonia.