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Facebook Cracks Down On Independent Media, Under Guise Of ‘Enhancing Relationships’
Facebook Cracks Down On Independent Media, Under Guise Of ‘Enhancing Relationships’ January 30, 2018 Nothing could have more perfectly exemplified the establishment’s use of Orwellian Newspeak than Facebook’s latest move to censor independent thought under the pretense of caring about the emotional wellbeing of the masses. The media giant has been documented live-streaming murders, suicides, rapes, […]
In the Western World Lies Have Displaced Truth
In the Western World Lies Have Displaced Truth Last year I was awarded Marquiss Who’s Who In America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. This did not prevent a hidden organization, PropOrNot, from attempting to brand me and my website along with 200 others “Putin stooges or agents” for our refusal to lie for the corrupt, anti-American, anti-constitutional, […]
Untying PropOrNot: Who They Are … and a Look at 2017’s Biggest Fake News Story
Untying PropOrNot: Who They Are … and a Look at 2017’s Biggest Fake News Story A little over a year ago, the deep-state graced the world with Propornot. Thanks to them, 2017 became the year of fake news. Every news website and opinion column now had the potential to be linked to the Steele dossier […]
Mainstream Media and Imperial Power
Mainstream Media and Imperial Power Noted journalist and filmmaker John Pilger’s collection of work has been archived by the British Library, but deep-rooted problems of Western media create an increasingly difficult landscape for ethical journalism, as Pilger explained in an interview with Dennis Bernstein and Randy Credico. Emmy award-winning filmmaker John Pilger is among the […]
The Battle for Truth
2018 Edelman Trust Barometer The Battle for Truth As we begin 2018, we find the world in a new phase in the loss of trust: the unwillingness to believe information, even from those closest to us. The loss of confidence in information channels and sources is the fourth wave of the trust tsunami. The moorings of […]
Is “Fake News” Really Fake?
Is “Fake News” Really Fake? The more complicated a situation, the more open to interpretation it is. The term “fake news” has been much in the news since the 2016 election. Unfortunately, it is not usually defined in any clear fashion. The implication is that the media engages in deliberate distortion and misrepresentation of the […]
Nobody Cares About ‘the News’
Nobody Cares About ‘the News’ In his mordant novel Scoop, Evelyn Waugh has one of his characters explain what “The News” is: News is what a chap who doesn’t care much about anything wants to read. And it’s only news until he’s read it. After that it’s dead. There is a great deal of wisdom […]
New study on climate sensitivity not what poor media headlines, deniers are saying
New study on climate sensitivity not what poor media headlines, deniers are saying Courtesy Skeptical Science One swallow doesn’t make a spring, and nor does one scientific paper change a whole body of evidence. But you could be mistaken for thinking so after the poor media coverage last week of a new piece of climate […]
Fake News: Defining and Defeating
Fake News: Defining and Defeating Real techniques for identifying fake news and disinformation Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to present his media critics with so-called “fake news awards,” it is more important than ever to define what “fake news” actually is, and what it is not. President Trump’s repeated accusations of fake news are […]
There’s No ‘Fake News’ In Holland?
There’s No ‘Fake News’ In Holland? Following President Trump’s ‘Fake News’ Olympics this week, we wondered just how widespread the belief in the inaccuracy of the news worldwide really is. As Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes, the growing phenomenon of fake news has exacerbated fractured attitudes on the accuracy of the news media, especially on matters such […]
Media Lies About Fake News
Media Lies About Fake News A major new Gallup report that was issued on January 16th headlined “American Views: Trust, Media and Democracy” (it’s issued in conjunction with the Knight Foundation) and it finds that “Internet-only news websites” are the least-trusted of all newsmedia. 54% trusted “Your local newspaper.” 52% trusted “National network news.” 51% […]
Facebook Introducing Sweeping Changes: Will Prioritze Only “Trustworthy” News
Facebook Introducing Sweeping Changes: Will Prioritze Only “Trustworthy” News In the latest move that is set to infuriate news organizations that are not deemed “trustworthy”, Facebook is set to introduce “sweeping changes” to its newsfeed as early as next week, prioritizing trustworthy sites and removing “clickbait” and low quality news publishers, while promoting posts from […]
North Korea: The Deafening Silence around the Moon-Putin Plan
North Korea: The Deafening Silence around the Moon-Putin Plan Photo by thierry ehrmann | CC BY 2.0 “In the heart of appeasement there’s the fear of rejection, and in acts of fear there are mirrors of oppression.” —Chris Jami As the world hurtles ever closer to war in Asia, there is an Alice-in-Wonderland media narrative […]
Designing Against Misinformation
Designing Against Misinformation Updated treatment for misinformation in News Feed using Related Articles Scrolling through News Feed, it can be hard to judge what stories are true or false. Should you trust everything that you see, even if it comes from someone whom you don’t know well? If you’ve never heard of an article’s publisher, but […]
The Other Side of the Post’s Katharine Graham
The Other Side of the Post’s Katharine Graham Hollywood loves to make heroes of The Washington Post for the rare moments when it has stood up for journalism – while forgetting the blood-soaked cases of the Post spreading lies to justify wars, writes Norman Solomon. Movie critics are already hailing “The Post,” directed by Steven […]
