I would have hoped that with the end of the 2020 presidential election the amount of fake news and propaganda might have abated. Alas, that is not the case. President Trump and his supporters, sensing defeat (we're still counting ballots as I write this), have doubled down on their disinformation, conspiracy theories, and outright lies. … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending November 6, 2020
The presidential election is just four days away, so I won't bury the lede: The Fake News blog endorses Joe Biden for president. Read on to discover why. Two years ago, when I wrote my book, Fake News: Separating Truth from Fiction, I tried to be as impartial in my coverage as possible. My editors … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending October 30, 2020
Misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, conspiracy theories, and outright lies. That's what fake news is all about this week, so let's get started. The topic of fake news encompasses lots of subtopics -- fictitious news stories, rumors, conspiracy theories, deliberate or accidental misinformation and disinformation, and propaganda. But what about outright lies? That's what last night's presidential … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending October 23, 2020
We're less than three weeks away from what might be the most consequential presidential election of our lifetime, in the midst of a global pandemic that's becoming more deadly by the day, and the fake news news is flying fast and furious. In no particular order, here's what's happening this week. The New York Post … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending October 16, 2020
I suppose it's no surprise that the volume of fake news news is increasing geometrically as we get closer to the November 3rd election. (And not all of it is Trump-related, either.) Let's get to it. Which news media you listen to determines your reaction to the facts of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. A Pew … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending October 9, 2020
If 2020 were a movie, the screenwriter would be fired for writing such an outlandish, ridiculous, unbelievable script. The latest development, just hours old as I write this, is the news that President Donald J. Trump has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. How this affects the campaign and upcoming election remains to be seen, … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending October 2, 2020
The propaganda, disinformation, and outright fake news is ramping up in advance of the upcoming presidential election. Some of that is due to Russian interference, some is outright manipulation by one of the two campaigns. (Guess which one?) Read on to get the deets. Why do President Trump's hardest-core supporters continue to ignore his many … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending September 25, 2020
You can tell it's election season based on the amount of fake news being circulated. There's lots of it, so let's get right to it. The Trump campaign -- and President Trump himself -- have been circulating a manipulated video purporting to show competitor Joe Biden playing the 1988 protest rap "Fuck tha Police" by … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending September 18, 2020
It's the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and if you can remember there were a lot of rumors and misinformation flying around that day -- and an unfortunate number of misleading conspiracy theories since. The Internet has proven an effective tool for spreading disinformation, propaganda, conspiracies, untruths, and plain old fake news. This is … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending September 11, 2020
It's Labor Day weekend, but fake news is not taking a holiday. Russia is hard at work to disrupt the upcoming elections with all manner of disinformation and fake news. This week both Facebook and Twitter removed multiple accounts linked to Russian state actors who tried to spread false stories about racial justice, the Democratic … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending September 4, 2020
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