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France’s fake news law will be used to silence critics, win elections
France’s fake news law will be used to silence critics, win elections New laws targeting so called ‘fake news’ will actually be used to target and take down real news outlets in the long run so the powers-that-be will be able to remain in control as usual (INTELLIHUB) — There is really only one reason […]
The ‘fake news’ story is fake news
The ‘fake news’ story is fake news Judy Woodruff of PBS News Hour Almost every day on public radio or public television, I hear reports about how fake news is undermining our democracy. These high-minded reporters and anchors seem truly to believe that a feverish menace is overwhelming the minds of once-sensible people. This […]
Before You Tell Me What You “Know,” Tell Me Your Sources
Before You Tell Me What You “Know,” Tell Me Your Sources We can no longer trust data and conclusions being published as impartial by institutions that were once trustworthy. When someone says they “know” what’s happening on the ground in Syria, how can we assess the validity of their claim to knowledge, i.e. their claim to […]
Where It All Began: The Dawn of “Fake News”
Where It All Began: The Dawn of “Fake News” It has long been suggested that the first full-blown example of “fake news”—where patently false information is intentionally presented in a phony but utterly believable “news media” format in order to sway public opinion—occurred during the watershed 1934 California gubernatorial election. The two principals were Republican […]
Paradise in LA LA Land
Paradise in LA LA Land More is revealed with each passing day. You can count on it. But what exactly the ‘more is of’ requires careful discrimination. Is the ‘more’ merely more noise? Or is it something of actual substance? Today we endeavor to pass judgment, on your behalf. Normally, judgment would be passed on […]
Fake news, algorithmic sentinels, and facts from the future
Fake news, algorithmic sentinels, and facts from the future The suggestion that social media outlets need to police so-called “fake news” rings true on its face. Who wants to read news coverage known to be false? But what rates as “fake news” will be harder to define than we think. And, putting algorithms in charge […]
New Project Aims to “Fact-Check the Fact-Checkers” Accused of Liberal Bias
New Project Aims to “Fact-Check the Fact-Checkers” Accused of Liberal Bias Reston, VA – With the rise of the term “fake news,” many individuals have turned to self-proclaimed fact-checking sites like Snopes and PolitiFact; the objectivity of these sites tends to be questioned by conservatives as having a covert liberal bias. On Tuesday, the conservative […]
How Liars in US ‘News’-Media Build on Prior Lies in US ‘News’
How Liars in US ‘News’-Media Build on Prior Lies in US ‘News’ The means by which the vast majority of Americans are deceived to believe fake ‘news’ that’s based on fake ‘history’, will be described here, so as to enable America to be understood correctly, as a fake ‘democracy’, the perpetual-war-for-perpetual-peace nation that the entire world considers […]
United States as energy exporter: Is it “fake news”?
United States as energy exporter: Is it “fake news”? Much of the media coverage of the American energy industry implies that America has become a vast and growing exporter of energy to the rest of the world and that this has created a sort of “energy dominance” for the country on the world stage. Whether […]
Washington has Engaged in Information Warfare, Including Fake News and Trolling, for Years
Washington has Engaged in Information Warfare, Including Fake News and Trolling, for Years The howling in government and the corporate media and among many liberals about an alleged Russian information war, with bots, trolls and fake news being placed in social media to mislead and incite Americans against each other, might lead one think, like […]
How WaPo, BuzzFeed, And Soros-Backed Group Pushed The Phrase “Fake News” Until It Backfired
How WaPo, BuzzFeed, And Soros-Backed Group Pushed The Phrase “Fake News” Until It Backfired In the immediate aftermath of Wednesday’s tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida, several major news outlets published a report that the shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was a member of a white supremacist organization. In fact, the MSM was hoodwinked by 4chan users into publishing fake […]
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Tech Journalism, Fake News and the Russia Threat Narrative
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Tech Journalism, Fake News and the Russia Threat Narrative “At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question … Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness.” George Orwell, 1945, ‘The Freedom of […]
Dutch Official Admits Lying About Meeting With Putin: Is Fake News Used by Russia or About Russia?
Photo: Alexander Utkin/AFP/Getty Images Dutch Official Admits Lying About Meeting With Putin: Is Fake News Used by Russia or About Russia? EVERY EMPIRE NEEDS a scary external threat, led by a singular menacing villain, to justify its massive military expenditures, consolidation of authoritarian powers, and endless wars. For the five decades after the end of […]
Why Are European Governments So Terrified of ‘Fake News’?
Why Are European Governments So Terrified of ‘Fake News’? When Swedish authorities representing a Swedish left-wing government and media announce a project to prevent “fake news” from “decisively influencing” the 2018 elections, this ought to set off loud alarm bells among Swedes. Who determines what constitutes “fake news” anyway? Is it not the very essence […]
Fake News by Omission: the Haiti Example
Fake News by Omission: the Haiti Example “I’m happy to have a president that will bluntly speak the truth in negotiations,” Eric Prince commented on Breitbart News. “If the president says some places are shitholes, he’s accurate.” Thus did Mr. Eric Prince pay homage to Mr. Donald Trump. Prince of course being the renowned founder of […]
