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https://rantt.com/i-subscribed-to-push-notifications-from-12-news-outlets-for-3-months-heres-what-i-learned-290f43843ebc#.ywtvmlowe

my medium post is on an interesting article i read about the way in which fake news potently spreads throughout the media. the author signed up for push notifications about news stories. what they recieved was a flurry of fake news pop ups in order to get them on the site.

-Thomas

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