Le Pen: Fake News On The Web ‘Could Never Be Worse’ Than What’s In The Newspapers

‘In a newly released interview, leading French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen schooled an arrogant news reporter who questioned her suggestion that people find their news on the internet, telling her fake news on the internet “could never be worse” than what the mass media writes in the newspapers.
REPORTER: “You say: ‘Turn away from the traditional media, go and find news on the internet!’ Aren’t you aware that it could be dangerous talking like that?”
LE PEN: “Why?”
REPORTER: “On the internet you can find conspiracy theories, all types of things… it’s not necessarily verified information.”
LE PEN: “Don’t you think that the traditional media have conspiracy theories? I have read a ton of things about Russia intervening in the presidential campaign and other things like that. I mean, there is at least as much fake news in the traditional media as on the internet!”‘
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