In reply to tehmarks:
> I don't think we're seeing this in the same light. I'm incensed that the Conservative Party think it's ok to push an ad on a platform which is well-known now for widespread political abuse, in which they have deliberately modified a news headline to make it look good. It doesn't matter that they've linked to the original article, it's a clear attempt at deception. You can't just invent quotes, which is what changing someone else's headline amounts to.
I do have concerns about the advert in question and how many other adverts are deliberately misleading the public but gathering your news from Facebook is plainly wrong and yet, apparently that’s what many people do.
I presume that you and I read or hear a story and despite our confirmation bias - gosh I hate that word even though it’s often true - we check it through other sources.
If many people don’t do that then maybe social media is just the new Sun/Star/Mirror newspaper.