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
Fake News for the Week Ending February 22, 2019
Here's what's happening in the very real world of fake news this week: POLITICO reports that the Russians are up to the same type of fake news disinformation campaign that they (allegedly) did in 2016, this time targeted at some of the major Democratic presidential candidates -- Senators Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren, … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending February 22, 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending February 15, 2019
Here's what's happening in the real world of fake news this week: President Donald Trump and other Republicans are claiming that the Green New Deal proposed by Democrats would mean the end of commercial air travel as we know it. While it's true that some preliminary FAQs about the document (since withdrawn) did include text … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending February 15, 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending February 8, 2019
What happened in fake news this past week? Here are the top stories: Does president Trump believe his own claims of "fake news" against the legitimate media? Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan doesn't think so, pointing to Trump's continued courting of the same media he likes to brand as "fake." As she says, "It’s as simple … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending February 8, 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending February 1, 2019
Here are the top fake news stories from the past week: Here's my favorite fake news story of the week. The administration's very own national intelligence chiefs testified before a Senate panel that current global threats are pretty much all in direct opposition to what president Trump has claimed. The following day, Trump tweeted that … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending February 1, 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending January 25, 2019
Here are a few of the fake news items that occured this week: The biggest fake news item this week concerns the incident involving students from Covington Catholic High School at the January 19th March for Life youth rally in Washington, D.C. An initial video showing a group of teens from the school apparently harassing … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending January 25, 2019
Fake News for the Week Ending January 19, 2019
Here's what's happened last week in the world of fake news: Activists printed and circulated a fake version of the Washington Post with a headline claiming "UNPRESIDENTED: TRUMP HASTILY DEPARTS WHITE HOUSE, ENDING CRISIS." All fake, Trump has not resigned, and it has nothing to do with the real Washington Post. More here, from NPR. … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending January 19, 2019
New Book, New Blog
Welcome! I'm Michael Miller, and this new blog is in support of my new book, Fake News: Separating Truth from Fiction. It's my first book for teens/young adults, marketed to the library market, both school and public libraries. It's available in hardcover library binding from Lerner Publishing’s Twenty-First Century Books imprint. As you can tell … Continue reading New Book, New Blog
This Week in Fake News 