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Because Trump supporters are easily fooled.
Trump supporters easily fooled by absurdly fake news created by Macedonian teenagers
*snip* What’s even more amazing about these websites is that the people who run them tell BuzzFeed they don’t actually care about American politics — they just know that starting a pro-Trump website that spews out misinformation to Facebook and other social media is a goldmine right now.
“Yes, the info in the blogs is bad, false, and misleading but the rationale is that ‘if it gets the people to click on it and engage, then use it,” one student in Veles told BuzzFeed.
“I started the site for a easy way to make money,” another Veles teenager told the publication. “In Macedonia the economy is very weak and teenagers are not allowed to work, so we need to find creative ways to make some money.”
To get an idea of what many Trump backers are seeing on their Facebook feeds, here’s an example of some recent fake news stories written by the Macedonian websites:
Trump supporters easily fooled by absurdly fake news created by Macedonian teenagers
*snip* What’s even more amazing about these websites is that the people who run them tell BuzzFeed they don’t actually care about American politics — they just know that starting a pro-Trump website that spews out misinformation to Facebook and other social media is a goldmine right now.
“Yes, the info in the blogs is bad, false, and misleading but the rationale is that ‘if it gets the people to click on it and engage, then use it,” one student in Veles told BuzzFeed.
“I started the site for a easy way to make money,” another Veles teenager told the publication. “In Macedonia the economy is very weak and teenagers are not allowed to work, so we need to find creative ways to make some money.”
To get an idea of what many Trump backers are seeing on their Facebook feeds, here’s an example of some recent fake news stories written by the Macedonian websites:
- “Oprah tells Fox News host that ‘some white people have to die’ — her reasoning is unbelievable”
- “Pope Francis forbids Catholics from voting for Hillary!”
- “BREAKING: Proof surfaces that Obama was born in Kenya — Trump was right all along”
- “WikiLeaks Just ROCKED Hillary With This List Of 13 TREASONOUS Acts That She Committed”