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Politicians are not the
only public gures
whose reputations
can be damaged by
fake news. A widely
circulated 2015 story
falsely claimed that
singer Miley Cyrus
(pictured) had been
found dead in her
bathtub—a victim of
a drug overdose.
had made no such comments, and the story had originated on a
fake news site. As with the stories about Obama, Trump, and Cyrus,
the point of the story was simply to cast Goldberg in a damaging
light.
Effects on Politics
In addition to being unethical, fake news undermines traditional
standards of political discourse. The bulk of fake news items,
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