Reading Fake News, Pakistani Minister Directs Nuclear Threat at Israel

[NobodyHere]

Source: msn.com

A fake news article led to gunfire at a Washington pizzeria three weeks ago. Now it seems that another fake news story has prompted the defense minister of Pakistan to threaten to go nuclear.

The defense minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, wrote a saber-rattling Twitter post directed at Israel on Friday after a false report — which the minister apparently believed — that Israel had threatened Pakistan with nuclear weapons. Both countries have nuclear arsenals.

“Israeli def min threatens nuclear retaliation presuming pak role in Syria against Daesh,” the minister wrote on his official Twitter account, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State. “Israel forgets Pakistan is a Nuclear state too.”

Mr. Asif appeared to be reacting to a fake news article published on awdnews.com.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/reading-fake-news-pakistani-minister-directs-nuclear-threat-at-israel/ar-BBxxuqc?li=BBnb7Kz

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We have idiots in control of nuclear arsenals

[Eugene]

1. How long until President Trump tweets a nuclear threat based on similar fake news?

With the reality-challenged Michael Flynn as a key adviser, it will happen.

[rickford66]

3. 18 posts ??

[Xipe Totec]

4. And no star. Wow. nt

[Xipe Totec]

5. Google may be your friend, but it's a lousy translator

Next time, try trolling in your native language.

[Quackers]

6. Lol

[elleng]

7. traduce?

speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.

about trump, and you're complaining? Really?

[Solly Mack]

8. Fuck Trump. Fuck people who defend Trump.

[ck4829]

9. Oh my God, this guy is adorable. Can we keep him?

[pbmus]

12. Back to the Stone Age with the new nazis pick for presidente...

[NobodyHere]

11. I used to think that even Trump would never do something this dumb

But after reading this article I'm thinking it's a matter of "when" and not "if".

I also wonder how many lesser policy decisions will be made based on fake news.

[lastlib]

14. Or just launches one....?

New nuclear policy: Launch On Tweet..............

What could possibly go wrong? .

Nice knowing you folks here on DU!

[nycbos]

10. The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost..

... if you keep it a secret.

[longship]

13. This entry needs video.

The incomparable Peter Sellars. And one of the greatest films ever. EVER!

[paleotn]

16. one of the best ever!

fantastic cast....Sellers, Scott, Pickens and a very young James Earl Jones.

[longship]

17. Yup! JEJ is the bombadere. nt

[RKP5637]

15. I afraid it well might happen. Trump is a loose cannon. And he's lining up his command with loose

cannons. They will ratchet up each other until they escalate into warfare over a fake news story, possibly.

[lancelyons]

18. We have to get away from this fake misleading media sources.

We have to get away from this fake misleading media sources.

The true media that maneuver daily using the Journalist creed as a guide, must understand that these fake new outlets or even false misleading news stories, is what gives the media their bad image.

I believe in the media and their attempt to shed light on stories for people but they need to call out fake stories and chase this stuff down in an attempt to get rid of it.

Fake news outlets are killing the media profession and they need to do something about it.

We should all rise up and call out false information and highlight sources that are lying.

Unfortunately the Fairness Doctrine was rescinded years ago and now we have outlets that can make things up with no repercussion.

The only option we have now to get rid of this nasty harmful source of false information is to have the media and citizens rise up and push back.