What's real in fake news this week? Take a gander: In a blow for those fighting the spread fake news and hoping for more truth-based pubic discourse, Facebook announced this week that it will not regulate information from politicians on its website. (MediaPost reports on it here.) This means that your favorite politicians are free to … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending September 27, 2019
Month: September 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending September 20, 2019
Here's what's real about what's fake this week: Earlier this week President Donald J. Trump invoked "The Fake News" for claiming he would meet with Iran with no preconditions: The Fake News is saying that I am willing to meet with Iran, 'No Conditions.' That is an incorrect statement (as usual!). Except, of course, that … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending September 20, 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending September 13, 2019
Here's this week's fake news stories: The BBC reports on how YouTube runs ads for major brands alongside videos touting fake medical news. They found more than 80 videos containing health misinformation, primarily fake cancer cures. Ten of these fake news videos had more than a million views apiece. Read more here. Also from the … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending September 13, 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending September 6, 2019
We're going to focus on one item this week, a little thing having to do with Hurricane Dorian, President Trump, and the abuse of the phrase "fake news." It's amazing to me how President Donald J. Trump can take a very small thing and blow it up into a really big ridiculous thing. Case in … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending September 6, 2019
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