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renate

(13,776 posts)
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 06:54 PM Jul 2018

"Fake News" is taken. What can we call Fox's fan fiction?

We can’t go “No, you’re fake news “— that sounds childish. And I don’t think a cutesy name like “Fox fan fiction” is actually appropriate for such a serious problem. But I do think we need a term of our own for the bullshit they pump out.

I was thinking “Made-up news.” It’s accurate and doesn’t sound like a middle-school taunt. Any other suggestions?

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"Fake News" is taken. What can we call Fox's fan fiction? (Original Post) renate Jul 2018 OP
i think you got it right in the title: Fan Fiction 0rganism Jul 2018 #1
Hamfisted agitprop? C_U_L8R Jul 2018 #2
Conspiratorial Jingoism forgotmylogin Jul 2018 #14
I suggest the term "State TV" or "State Propaganda" Va Lefty Jul 2018 #3
I forgot about Chris Hayes' "Trump TV" renate Jul 2018 #7
Fake reality n/t MarcA Jul 2018 #4
fascist propaganda Thomas Hurt Jul 2018 #5
Using the word "news" with relation to Fox simply doesn't compute! Totally Tunsie Jul 2018 #6
Exactly, news can not be part of the title. a kennedy Jul 2018 #9
Fux news boston bean Jul 2018 #8
News Entertainment? mwooldri Jul 2018 #10
Fox Fibs n/t 42bambi Jul 2018 #11
Bullshit Mountain... lame54 Jul 2018 #12
GOP Propaganda Ministry lpbk2713 Jul 2018 #13
Propaganda! Drahthaardogs Jul 2018 #15
I'd go with Connelly's own description, Alternative Facts. OregonBlue Jul 2018 #16
Fox Fiction. nt phylny Jul 2018 #17
Fantasy Island Awsi Dooger Jul 2018 #18
Prolefeed. roamer65 Jul 2018 #19

0rganism

(23,944 posts)
1. i think you got it right in the title: Fan Fiction
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 06:57 PM
Jul 2018

those two words already have all the negative correlations you could want stuffed into them already. just roll with Fox Fan Fiction (FFF?) and you're good to go.

renate

(13,776 posts)
7. I forgot about Chris Hayes' "Trump TV"
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 07:08 PM
Jul 2018

And you’re right. “State TV” is good. Very Russian/North Korean.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
10. News Entertainment?
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 07:12 PM
Jul 2018

We have World Wrestling Entertainment... where the match outcomes are usually pre-determined.

Fox News Entertainment fits, as the news stories and their take is pre-determined as well.

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