I just can't believe it! And, I guess, we should all go around saying that line to ourselves over and over again because...I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
So, today my husband comes home from a visit and tells me his friend is claiming that our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau is a Muslim and that someone else he was visiting with said he'd seen the same thing on Facebook. Understandably, my husband was asking me about Trudeau's faith. I told him he is a Roman Catholic, and I proceeded to show him several reputable sites that explain about his faith, upbringing, schooling (he went to a Jesuit school...ultra Catholic.) He was married in the Catholic church, his father, former prime minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, was a fervent Catholic. Even his mother converted from Anglican to Catholic before her marriage. Okay! So they are Catholic...Catholic...very, very, Catholic.
But, where did this false claim originate? So, I did a search for "Fake News Reports About Justin Trudeau." And boy, did I get an eyeful. In particular there was a BuzzFeed article about two fake news purveyors, both from Ontario, both teenagers and both making money, hand-over-fist, creating stories about Trudeau. And why? Well, they create the websites and load Google AdSense, and they get "CLICKS." The more outrageous the stories, the more clicks they get, the more clicks they get, the more money pours into their accounts. EASY MONEY telling people things they want to hear. Both are very talented web designers, and they had tried to build legit social media sites, but couldn't get enough people interested. They opened this one and wrote an article about Trudeau wanting to open marijuana stores across Canada and WOW, the money rolled in. Now they've opened up two more fake news sites so they can multiply their financial gains.
One of these kids goes to Carleton University and the other plans to join him there in a couple of years. And, NO, they don't think they are doing anyone any harm. They have ethics. They won't claim any celebrity is dead, you know, important stuff. And their Facebook pages have somewhere near 20 or 30,000 regular viewers (can't remember the exact number he quoted), but, get this, they are shooting for a million because the "number sounds cool."
This Sort of Stuff Really Pisses Me Off!
We've listened to all the news from the States about these Fake News Sites being used to confuse and
re-direct voters, some are run by Russian operatives, some by bullshit artists, probably the same type as these kids in Canada; smart enough to know better, too young, dumb and full of cum to resist, and some are run by anarchists trying to destroy the Union of The United States.
PEOPLE! YOU NEED TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH. Whatever you do do, don't sell your country down the drain for these news trolls. Fight for the truth.
So, today my husband comes home from a visit and tells me his friend is claiming that our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau is a Muslim and that someone else he was visiting with said he'd seen the same thing on Facebook. Understandably, my husband was asking me about Trudeau's faith. I told him he is a Roman Catholic, and I proceeded to show him several reputable sites that explain about his faith, upbringing, schooling (he went to a Jesuit school...ultra Catholic.) He was married in the Catholic church, his father, former prime minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, was a fervent Catholic. Even his mother converted from Anglican to Catholic before her marriage. Okay! So they are Catholic...Catholic...very, very, Catholic.
But, where did this false claim originate? So, I did a search for "Fake News Reports About Justin Trudeau." And boy, did I get an eyeful. In particular there was a BuzzFeed article about two fake news purveyors, both from Ontario, both teenagers and both making money, hand-over-fist, creating stories about Trudeau. And why? Well, they create the websites and load Google AdSense, and they get "CLICKS." The more outrageous the stories, the more clicks they get, the more clicks they get, the more money pours into their accounts. EASY MONEY telling people things they want to hear. Both are very talented web designers, and they had tried to build legit social media sites, but couldn't get enough people interested. They opened this one and wrote an article about Trudeau wanting to open marijuana stores across Canada and WOW, the money rolled in. Now they've opened up two more fake news sites so they can multiply their financial gains.
One of these kids goes to Carleton University and the other plans to join him there in a couple of years. And, NO, they don't think they are doing anyone any harm. They have ethics. They won't claim any celebrity is dead, you know, important stuff. And their Facebook pages have somewhere near 20 or 30,000 regular viewers (can't remember the exact number he quoted), but, get this, they are shooting for a million because the "number sounds cool."
This Sort of Stuff Really Pisses Me Off!
We've listened to all the news from the States about these Fake News Sites being used to confuse and
re-direct voters, some are run by Russian operatives, some by bullshit artists, probably the same type as these kids in Canada; smart enough to know better, too young, dumb and full of cum to resist, and some are run by anarchists trying to destroy the Union of The United States.
PEOPLE! YOU NEED TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH. Whatever you do do, don't sell your country down the drain for these news trolls. Fight for the truth.