A man opened fire in a DC pizzeria after reading a terrifying yet false story online.
It claimed that the restaurant's holding children as part of a sex slavery ring… run by Clinton.
Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the shooting.
Hillary Clinton, whose 2016 presidential campaign was often accused of generating fake news, called to immediate action in her speech.
Hillary Clinton: "Let me just mention one threat in particular that should concern all Americans… the epidemic of malicious fake news" pic.twitter.com/f4ESmm4QZf
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 8, 2016
Mainstream media reports on Hillary's speech against fake news did not sit well with internet users.
@CBSNews fake sniper fire, fake Benghazi YouTube video, I wasn't sick, bill wasn't having an affair. She's the queen of fake news.
— Shane Flannagan (@shaneflannagan) December 8, 2016
Tweeters unleashed the sarcasm at CBS, saying that — quote — "yes, fake news should be a greater concern than cyber security, the economy or one of the half-dozen wars we're involved in."
In a stunning display of integrity, Hillary Clinton takes full responsibility for her election defeat! Just kidding — she blames #FakeNews!
— Stefan Molyneux (@StefanMolyneux) December 9, 2016
Here's @CNN literally slandering every single one of us. Calling us liars. No, CNN. We're going to take you down.https://t.co/ihvNEBC7j7
— Democrats for Trump (@YoungDems4Trump) December 9, 2016
WikiLeaks' official support team rushed to make their point too.
Reminder: "dangerous" #FakeNews "epidemic" started with Clinton campaign pretending @wikileaks emails were fake. https://t.co/jekTq72Tcu
— WikiLeaks Task Force (@WLTaskForce) December 9, 2016
Clinton herself has not reacted to the backlash she's currently facing.
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Reply | 2 | Edit | Delete I no she should stay trial in court for a lot of cases but I would all ready be happy if I not n=more would see her picture in the news !!! It is sickening !!! Reply | 1 | Edit | Delete She is frighteningly UGLY!! Reply | 3 | Edit | Delete Fake news for Harpy Klinton is all of the news that she dose not want you to know. Real news is any news that she makes up. Any one with an IQ above room temp. can tell the real from the fake. Reply | 5 | Edit | Delete The Government seeks to control the Internet! Reply | 0 | Edit | Delete Magenta61, and a sore loser, she's now an embittered scorned woman. Reply | 0 | Edit | Delete Even her smile is old and fake! Reply | 1 | Edit | Delete "Fake news" is all the news the US government does not want us to know about. "Real News" is anything that promotes their objectives, even if it is a post on a 1 day old facebook account from a hitherto unheard of user. The never ending string of accusations by the US state department for events in Ukraine, Syria backed only by such social media posts is case in point. Reply | 1 | Edit | Delete I made it to 0:38 and had to stop. She looks really bad, and still outraged. And she is absolutely being 100% political. It's so obvious what she and others in the gang want to do, silence ALL opposition and dissent. Reply | 0 | Edit | Delete Fake news from the New York Times
Reply | 0 | Edit | Delete HRC KNEW she'd become US president. So who is fake? Reply | 0 | Edit | Delete That must have been her idea. Bad decision. Reply | 0 | Edit | Delete She should probably quit while she's ahead. People are already resentful enough as it is.
Reply | 0 | Edit | Delete any reaction would in itself be fake news. :)
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Magenta61
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just like big business and the government took control of the music industry after the hippy protest movements and social up-rising during the Vietnam years.
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www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/12/how-fake-news-becomes-a-real-bill/447861
Clinton's media are the worst of any "fake news" problem.
beforeitsnews.com/u-s-politics/2016/11/election-results-are-in-newsweek-publishes-hillary-clinton-vi
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Fake news is the type of news that said Iraq had nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. The propaganda term of choice was "weapons of mass destruction." Ignorance is a weapon of mass destruction. And people like the Clintons have been promoting ignorance for most of their lives.
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