media makes money off of fake news that is real news

Featuring a clickbait headline undoubtedly intended to rile up supporters of Bernie Sanders, The Hill supposedly reports, "Bernie Sanders shares doctored video showing him scaring Trump at rally." Except, when one opens the article to read it and view the video, it instantly is clear this is a meme. It is a meme that has been around since the 2016 Election. This old meme was used by the Sanders campaign to help boost fundraising. Hill reporter Chris Mills Rodrigo writes, "The video, which is clearly not manipulated to appear as though Sanders was actually there, comes amid fear that doctored videos could effect the election." But The Hill is capitalizing on panic over alleged or so-called doctored videos in the same manner that outlets have tried to capitalize off the panic around what is more generally referred to as "fake news." Rodrigo attempts to tie the clip on Instagram to the Nancy Pelosi video that stirred outrage, but this is not even comparable. This is such a crass attempt at ginning up controversy. It takes after conservative websites like Breitbart.com or The Daily Caller, which say Sanders was mocking an "assassination attempt" against President Donald Trump. Quite the insult to readers' intelligence to publish this, but it is clear that the sensational nature is a cheap ploy to drive traffic to The Hill.