Noah: It’s Easier To Catch BullS*&% on Fox News than News Posted on Facebook

NOAH: "It's great that there are so many people are engaging with the news because of Facebook. The problem is, like with TV news there is a fair amount of (bleep) in the mix. The only problem is, unlike TV news, You can't always pinpoint where the (bleep) came from. For instance, you've probably seen this image online. You've probably seen it. An image showing you how white people are five times more likely to be killed by black people than by white people. It looks legit. It's got numbers. It's from the Crime Statistics Bureau of San Francisco. And it has a black man aiming a gun like this, which you know the legit because that's the only way players play! Pow, pow! Just one small problem with this Facebook image -- it's bull (bleep), yeah. Because 82% of white murder victims are actually killed by white people. Yeah. White on white crime, man. That's what that is. You know how else I know this is bull (bleep)? The Crime Statistics Bureau of San Francisco doesn't exist. There is no Crime Statistics Bureau of San Francisco. It's made up. Someone wrote it on the image to make it seem legit. Bureau, bureau, hey, bureau. You might as well share crime stats from the Dallas Unicorn Authority, which is also not real because the last unicorn left Dallas for Austin years ago, long time ago. It's one thing if your grandmother believes these fake posts, but even a presidential candidate fell for this, people. Granted, he's also the same person who fell for the deluxe upgrade package of the tanning salon. But still, the point is even though it's not checked in any way, 44% of U.S. adults are now getting their news from Facebook. And the other 56%, well they just can't remember their password. That's why they don't do it. Fake information isn't the biggest problem. What's scarier is Facebook doesn't give you the news, it gives you your news. Right? So if you're a conservative, you will see more conservative news. If you're a liberal, you will see more liberal news. If you're Donald Trump, you will only get news about tiny gloves. It basically caters to what you want to hear. Same way cable news has its Wolfs and Megyns, Facebook is starting to have stars of its own."