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I'm curious about this too. A cursory search showed a couple of Politifact articles, one where Breitbart incorrectly said the Californian flag was supposed to be a pear, not a bear, and another where they mistakenly said that Loretta Lynch was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team.

My suspicion is that the people trying to muzzle Breitbart have never read it extensively. It has a very obvious conservative slant to it, but I've never seen flagrantly false articles by them (like the one claiming that Trump actually won the popular vote).



>My suspicion is that the people trying to muzzle Breitbart have never read it extensively.

You would be astoundingly wrong. I get the pleasure of reading Breitbart articles every single morning, thanks to my Facebook feed.


What mechanism do they use to control your eyes, your hand, and your brain, forcing you to read their content in its entirety?

And is it the same mechanism that keeps you from clicking "Hide" on such content?

If this mechanism could be isolated and productized, we could make a fortune on it!




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