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Twitter is Fake News

Kevin Reid

Twitter labels gag Trump tweet as Fake News.



The Donald fabricated a news story to have people believe that a toddler ran away from a racist baby.


Or at least, that is what Twitter would want you think by labeling a clearly satirical meme video as "manipulated media". Later in the video, it is revealed that the two toddlers were actually hugging and exchanging candy. Despite being a joke, the video actually makes a point with the CNN headline of "Racist baby probably a Trump voter". The joke is that CNN is manipulating people by using framing devices. However, those at Twitter are framing the Tweet with a serious warning. It's interesting that a social media platform would label a satirical video as if it were actually trying to take a politician's words out of context.

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