Many of the fake stories conservatives are tricked into sharing have been deliberately planted by the left to make fools of us.

Source: The Left is Busily Planting Fake Red-Meat Conservative News Sites | The Stream
Similarly, many of the fake stories published by Occupy Democrats are used to trick liberals into sharing and making fools of themselves (see prior posts on this topic).
We’ve written about this before and this also illustrates how the MSM does the same thing, as click bait, noted in the prior post.