Increasing use  of social media  to generate fake news about candidates  was addressed on PBS’s 
Washington Week With Atlantic Friday August 9.  Moderator Jeffrey Goldberg and the show’s several panelists all condemned the story, stressing that 
it isn’t true (at least far as we know).  The story illustrates how vulgar mean and prevalent some  campaign related  fake-news has gotten.  Goldberg declined to detail any specifics of the story - in a nod to decency,  He advised  viewers wanting more to perform a web search.
 
             
      
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