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Watch Out for Fake News


Carolyn Marie

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I am on FB a lot, including a trans-only FB page, and see lots of articles posted. What I post here in this forum mostly comes from search engine results that I get everyday. Those are very reliable and Google is good at weeding out junk stuff.

But what you see on FB and other sites can be misleading. I saw an article this afternoon about Target that almost snared me. I had gone so far as to copy the link to share it. Then I realized I had never heard of the online news site. I checked Snopes and a couple of other sources, and found it originated on a satire site. It was just real enough to fool even me...almost.

There are so many stories out there every day, far more than I ever remember there being, and its easy to get caught up in the emotion of the moment and share a phony article. The one about Target had already been shared seventeen times! That's an awful lot of misinformation going around.

So be alert and be careful. This is a heyday for fake news. Don't get victimized. If it sounds too weird to be true, it probably isn't.

Carolyn Marie

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Guest Alicia Rose

I work for Target, but not sure of what "news" you're talking about. I don't use FB or really keep up with any news. Target is a good place.

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Guest Promethea

Is it the one where an employee said men could use the women' restroom?

One of my Facebook contacts, a Trump supporter with an Hispanic last name, shared it. I didn't read it or reply at the time, I attributed it to a misinformed employee, but it wouldn't be the first time he shares articles from fake news sites.

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Guest Mia J

I see posts everyday that seem to be fake. We need to be cautious when we surf Facebook and check the sources if in doubt. So many people just take anything they see as true and then share it with everyone.

Mia

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Guest Promethea

Well, no, what this guy shared is a Facebook post, not a news article, real or not. So it's even worse because anybody can just write that stuff.

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Is it the one where an employee said men could use the women' restroom?

No, this one said that Target had bowed to pressure and was walking back their supportive policy and replace it with an unknown "alternative" to make everyone happy.

Carolyn Marie

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Guest Lizzie McTrucker

So the story about Target buying CVS and Chik-Fil-A is false? Well darn!

In all seriousness, checking Snopes (website) is a great way to weed out fact from fiction. There have been at least 2 stories circulated about men caught in the women's bathroom that Snopes has determined to be half-true. Yes the person was caught in the women's bathroom but then other details about why or claiming he was transgender have been proven false.

There was also a story that said Target bowed to pressure from the Obama administration to enact this policy, which is totally false. Target actually allowed people to use the bathroom that best matches their gender identity for a while now, but I guess in light of HB2, wanted to clarify it's position again publicly. If you've followed the #BoycottTarget stories on Facebook, you've seen the support and negativity it's generated.

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Another fake article on look-alike abcnews website was about a cis-woman getting arrested after using ladies bathroom because she "looked" transgender. Really looked real. Compared Web addresses to find out.

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I am on FB a lot, including a trans-only FB page, and see lots of articles posted. What I post here in this forum mostly comes from search engine results that I get everyday. Those are very reliable and Google is good at weeding out junk stuff.

But what you see on FB and other sites can be misleading. I saw an article this afternoon about Target that almost snared me. I had gone so far as to copy the link to share it. Then I realized I had never heard of the online news site. I checked Snopes and a couple of other sources, and found it originated on a satire site. It was just real enough to fool even me...almost.

There are so many stories out there every day, far more than I ever remember there being, and its easy to get caught up in the emotion of the moment and share a phony article. The one about Target had already been shared seventeen times! That's an awful lot of misinformation going around.

So be alert and be careful. This is a heyday for fake news. Don't get victimized. If it sounds too weird to be true, it probably isn't.

Carolyn Marie

Hhmmm....Good recommendation. I did take note of a story from the Business Insider website that stated Target was promulgating ts/tg inclusive restrooms, and that a tremendous number of folks were protesting this inclusion. It also gave a link to a story about Kroger doing the same. [i'm wondering though if this is a fake story??? The Target story also showed a picture of Target's redesigned logo (the top-half is a rainbow). I'm suspicious that Target would have done so.]

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Target is transgender friendly I peed there lots of times! I've used the dressing rooms, I bought women's clothes there, they like my money it's green!

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Guest Lizzie McTrucker

Hhmmm....Good recommendation. I did take note of a story from the Business Insider website that stated Target was promulgating ts/tg inclusive restrooms, and that a tremendous number of folks were protesting this inclusion. It also gave a link to a story about Kroger doing the same. [i'm wondering though if this is a fake story??? The Target story also showed a picture of Target's redesigned logo (the top-half is a rainbow). I'm suspicious that Target would have done so.]

I've seen the Target logo with a half rainbow elsewhere, and I'm of the understanding it's just to promote their recent stance, nothing permanent. The story of Kroger was simply stating they have, along with the men and women's bathroom, a single stall bathroom for families, disabled customers, parents with a disabled child, adult children with an elderly parent, or transgender individuals. It's a step in the right direction. :)

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