Here are some of the top stories about fake news this week: This actually isn't a fake story, but it does show how scary posts go viral on Facebook. The story is about the most-shared post so far this year, warning that a suspected child predator and human trafficker "may be in our area." The … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending March 29, 2019
Month: March 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending March 22, 2019
What's up in fake news this week? Here's the fake cream of the fake crop: Given how Russia has weaponized the use of fake news to influence elections around the world (including the 2016 U.S. presidential election), it's only slightly ironic that Vladimir Putin's government has passed legislation that criminalizes what it calls "fake news." … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending March 22, 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending March 15, 2019
Here are some of the more notable fake news items this week: Despite what you might have read in some tweets making the rounds, a new housing project being built in West Virginia will not house several hundred Syrian refugees and will not be a "Sharia zone" for Muslim tenants. It's all completely made up … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending March 15, 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending March 8, 2019
Here's all the fake news to print for the past week: How does fake news get started? Politico tracks down the source of a meme comparing senator (and presidential hopeful) Kamala Harris to Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who once claimed to be black, by claiming that Harris is not truly African American. The meme … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending March 8, 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending March 1, 2019
What's happening in fake news this week? Here are the highlights: President Donald Trump commented on this week's scathing congressional testimony from his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, by calling the event "a fake hearing." Well, it actually happened and was viewed or listened to by tens of millions of Americans, so I'm pretty sure it … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending March 1, 2019
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