Truth is... members of the Anarchist 'Liberal Media' make a living
playing conservatives. Be they Indie media producers, like this "Trump Hater" who made-up a lot of "news" the Trump campaign, and the Gilsan's of the web, feasted on. Or, the liberal orgs who will enjoy a fund-raising bonanza under Trump.
"My sites were picked up by Trump supporters all the time. I think Trump is in the White House because of me. His followers donโt fact-check anything โ theyโll post everything, believe anything. His campaign manager posted my story about a protester getting paid $3,500 as fact. Like, I made that up. I posted a fake ad on Craigslist.
Why? I mean โ why would you even write that?
Just โcause his supporters were under the belief that people were getting paid to protest at their rallies, and thatโs just insane. Iโve gone to Trump protests โ trust me, no one needs to get paid to protest Trump. I just wanted to make fun of that insane belief, but it took off. They actually believed it.
I thought theyโd fact-check it, and itโd make them look worse. I mean thatโs how this always works: Someone posts something I write, then they find out itโs false, then they look like idiots. But Trump supporters โ they just keep running with it! They never fact-check anything! Now heโs in the White House. Looking back, instead of hurting the campaign, I think I helped it. And that feels [bad].
That makes it sound like youโve found targeting conservatives is more profitable.
Yeah, it is. They donโt fact-check.
But a Trump presidency is good for you from a business perspective, right?
Itโs great for anybody who does anything with satire โ thereโs nothing you canโt write about now that people wonโt believe. I can write the craziest thing about Trump, and people will believe it. I wrote a lot of crazy anti-Muslim stuff โ like about Trump wanting to put badges on Muslims, or not allowing them in the airport, or making them stand in their own line โ and people went along with it!"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/17/facebook-fake-news-writer-i-think-donald-trump-is-in-the-white-house-because-of-me/