After four years (five, if you count the 2016 campaign) of Donald Trump and his never-ending stream of disinformation, conspiracy theories, and outright lies, as well as his falsely painting legitimate news stories as fake news (and legitimate news media as the "fake news media"), I'm looking forward to not writing as much about Mr. … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending January 22, 2022
The fake news this week continues to revolve around November's presidential election, last week's failed insurrection, and the coronavirus (including the coronavirus vaccine). This week Donald J. Trump became the first president to be twice impeached by Congress. Much misinformation is floating around the Interwebs about the consequences of this action, however. Some are claiming … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending January 15, 2020
The false information has consequences. The conspiracy theories have consequences. Those words come from Yamiche Alcindor, the White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour. She was talking about Wednesday's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by a violent mob of Donald Trump supporters. This historic incident, the first attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812, … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending January 8, 2021
As we come to the end of what many consider the worst year in human history (top ten, maybe, but far from the worst, no matter how it may feel), let's take a moment to review the impact that fake news had on society. Long story short: a lot. Conspiracy theories, misinformation, disinformation, hoaxes, propaganda, … Continue reading Fake News 2020: The Year in Review
Okay, so this post is a day early, but tomorrow's Christmas! That doesn't stop the onslaught of fake news, however, so here's a brief digest of what happened this week. Have you heard all the misconceptions and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccine? Like, it was too rushed and can't possibly be safe, or people … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending December 25, 2020
As the presidential election finally appears to be over (it was over the next day, to be honest) and everybody except Donald Trump and his most fervent supporters have accepted that fact, fake news revolving around COVID-19 and the coronavirus vaccine is now at the forefront of our attention. Let's dive into it. What was … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending December 18, 2020
Propaganda, conspiracy theories. and outright lies about the recent presidential election are spreading like wildfire. In the world in which we live, we call it just another Friday. The number of people in the United States who honestly believe the fakest of fake news, especially about the recent presidential election, depresses me. Why do so … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending December 11, 2020
The blog took a week off for the American Thanksgiving holiday, but fake news kept on rollin', primarily in the efforts of President Donald J. Trump and his remaining allies to cast doubt on the results of last month's presidential election. Let's get into that. First, though, a reminder on why it's important to distinguish … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending December 4, 2020
This is the 101st post on this blog, which means I probably should have celebrated the 100th post last week. (Oops!) Well, what's done is done, so let's continue on to the near-avalanche of fake news news happening this week. The majority of fake news continues to be spread by President Donald J. Trump and … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending November 20, 2020
Now that Joe Biden is officially the president-elect, soon-to-be-future-ex-president Donald J. Trump and his allies are refusing to accept defeat and instead spreading lies and conspiracy theories about (non-existent) voting fraud in an attempt to delegitimize the election results. And so it goes... According to a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, 7 in 10 Republicans believe the … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending November 13, 2020
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