Paul Horner, the 38 -year -old writer “Sighter”, was found dead last week after a short profession similar to the comet in producing fake news, and some of them may have affected very well on President Donald Trump’s victory for 2016. Local authorities – who discovered him in his bed – suspected an overdose of drugs as a cause of death, and does not spoil any unpleasant game, CBS news reports.
He – or any person who uses his fake plan “from”Jimmy theft– He was still publishing AbcNews.com.co Recently, September 15.
Horner was many things, but the apology was not one of them. It is famous I told the Washington Post Last year, Donald Trump was elected because of his widely and manufactured articles.
Throughout his work, he strengthened conservative conspiracy theories, including the idea that the anti -Trump demonstrators They were paid to attend the candidate gatherings Barack Obama was a fundamental Muslim secret. Facebook was a platform for publishing, but Horner articles – sometimes used as basic sources – were shared by Fox News and Donald Trump Jr. And the director of the Trump Lewandowski campaign.
Horner, many others, saw Trump as a change in the American DNA, which is a complete ignorance of the truth. “People are definitely stupid”, Horner The post said In November 2016. “My positions were captured by Trump supporters all the time.” “They are not checking anything!”
To some extent, it is a desperate Sociopath, really, a political danger, Horner frams himself as a secret factor on the extreme right, effectively, rewriting their lies on web sites that were similar or even immediately reliable news sources. But when he was arrested, Horner was ignoring, called “satire”, claiming that he was really offered the betrayal of the trust of the conservative right, repeated, and attracted thousands of profit. All the time, the traditional media re -distinguished it as a size, and he is his actor for a new media model, which was helped by social media in entering.
However, as Matthew Sheffield wrote from a salon: “It is important to realize, however, that the huge number of eroding conspiracy sites, which have spread in recent years, belongs to a long tradition of conservative fake news.” This was not that Horner and his ilk were “rebels” or something new. Just like Trump’s attacks on the prevailing media, this group was steadfast in depth and attractive news sources. They have not been born anything unprecedented.
In fact, Court Andersen authored a full book documenting the era of fake news, which he said was 500 years in the process of preparing. The truth is that this type of mentality represented in Horner was greater.
Whether you are a founder-like Breitbart or, like Horner, who is used in Breitbart-Affience, there are money that can be gained in fake news works. Horner told himself the “Post” newspaper that he had achieved about 10,000 dollars per month producing the type of “press” that the right -wing wanted to see and believe regardless of the actual facts (it’s the way Fox News made billions).
Just like any death, especially by a man who is clearly disturbed by addiction, it is a tragedy. But Horner’s life and work does not provide us with a window in the transformation of modern media or make it a pioneer in the alternative press. No, there is no great vision that can be obtained from the man who said publicly in The same interview He hated Trump and appears to be proud of his role in winning the candidate.
Horner’s fake profession was news about two things: attention and money. His journey shows sacrifices in humanity and fitness that some will make.