Facebook Removes Fake Article About Megyn Kelly From Trending Topics (theverge.com)

Less than a week after Facebook announced that it is changing the way it handles the Trending Topics section on the social networking website, a fake article about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly was found trending on Facebook. The article, headlined "Breaking: Fox News Exposes Traitor Megyn Kelly, Kicks Her Out for Backing Hillary" comes from a conspiracy theory website, which has more than 200,000 likes on Facebook. Its Megyn Kelly story was the topic of discussion for many across the world. The article is obviously fake. The other cited source for this trending topic was an outlet called "Conservating101"

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Re:"topic of discussion for many across the world"

[unixisc]

It is one of the cable TV news channels in the US, owned by News Corp. It is different from the other channels in that opinions of commentators on the channel tend Right, as opposed to the usual Left in the other channels, like CNN, PBS, ABC, et al. As a result, most people who are on the right half of the political spectrum tend to view this channel for their news, instead of the others listed above. That also results in people on the left half of the spectrum slamming them everywhere, including here.

The 'across the world' in the summary is the usual BS - the elections here are not being closely followed outside the US, until maybe October or November. Except maybe in Canada, Mexico and Europe.

Re:"topic of discussion for many across the world"

[Darinbob]

I don't mind if a news outlet leans left or right, the audience can figure that out and deal with it. The problem with Fox is that it is constant non-stop editorializing disguised as news. Even your straight up "man bites dog" story can't help but throw in some political jibe.