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Outperformed the most viral real news stories on facebook. according to a buzz feed analysis. most were pro-trump. and some 150 u.s. fake politics sites have been traced here to dmitri's macedonian hometown. he was willing to lift tveil on his bootstrap operation, garnered 40 million views in the past few months. to drought readers copying the style of more main it stream organizations, including nbc news. >> republicans love veterans. respect them most of anyone. you say obama -- 200 million dollars he took from the veterans. people immediately open it saying, why? >> reporter: for headlines,...

>> news articles are usually the ones containing the click bait words. as you know, oh, my god. breaking news. wow. you say, oh, my god. a new bunch of e-mails from hillary got released. people like to open that because they want to see more. >> reporter: really, dmitri says, the fake news game is pretty straightforward. >> you see what people like, and you just give them that. if they like water, give water. they like wine, you give wine. it's simple what we have. >> reporter: fake news has affected a country with almost a quarter of its citizens unemp y unemployed and a town with average inc...

Majestic sums by macedonian sites selling on their sites. >> many came and a lot of people quick jobs to put effort in this. saw this as the big chance, their big change in their life. >> reporter: one venue plans to host a club night on the day google pays out of its ad revenue's in response big news may have influenced the election, google and facebook announced new measures to crack down on sites like dmitri's, but his google account is still up. besides, dmitri says, fake news didn't alter the election. and if anyone needs to take responsibility, it's surely not him. >> i know who's the re...

The stories a look inside the life of a macedonian teen who's earned thousands by publishing lies. >> reporter: he asked we keep his identity hidden, let's call him dmitri. just a guy making a living in a small town in macedonia. >> i wrote want to kill trump. queen of england want to meet trump. trump having a secret meeting in mexico. >> reporter: dmitri is 18 and says in the past six months he's made more than $60,000 write, posting and sharing fake news articles about the american election. his biggest cash cow -- >> make america great again. >> reporter: donald trump. >> trump is a politi...

Behind the fake news. live in los angeles with a closer look at what we found. macedonia? >> the town in macedonia is a place where the average take home is $4800 u.s. a year. a man goes by the time in of dmitri. that is fitting if are a story on fake news. $60,000 in the last six months alone putting up fake news stories, completely fabricated about the u.s. elections. our digital team went out and this is what they found. >> i wrote that the celebrities want to kill trump and the queen of england wants to meet trump and they had a secret meeting in mexico. >> dmitri is 18 and said in the pas...