fake news
The Fix for Fake News? Give us Tools, not Censorship.
Submitted by jim p on Sun, 12/18/2016 - 4:39pmRestrictions on free speech are all the craze now in Western Democracies (Demockrazies?). In the US, we’ve got the various “protect the people from fake news” initiatives. Of course, the self-appointed and designated “protectors” are Corporate and Government entities, mixed with billionaires who think they are as good and wise as Buddha, Solomon, and all the Saints. (Said blessing comes with one’s first billion dollars, apparently.)
Fake News - An Interview with Sam Wineburg
Submitted by mimi on Sun, 12/11/2016 - 2:21pmI have at times said in my comments that I am critical about the influence online social media has on our capacity to digest and handle the information overload with regards to its factual truth.
OMG! Russia is hacking this article!
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 11/29/2016 - 3:24pmMy hair is literally on fire!
Or maybe it's my pants. I can't tell.
Either way, Russia is taking over America and soon they'll be force-feeding us borscht three times a day.
It's all because of fake news like this!
Mommy, Where Does Fake News Come From?
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sun, 11/27/2016 - 11:25amThere's been a big brewhaha about "fake news" lately, with "journalistic heavyweights" like the Washington Post running stories suggesting that fake news caused Hillary Clinton to lose the recent election, and the "newspaper of record," the New York Times demanding that Facebook and Google police fake news and prevent its placement in their media. Needless to say, Hillary Clinton's campaign says that Democrats will target fake news and call out Facebook for it, too.
The powers-that-be seem quite desperate to reclaim the narrative and get the work of creating fake news back into the hands of the professionals - the government, that is.
You can bet your bottom dollar that the fake news that these powerful people and institutions want to stop has nothing to do with the propaganda that official sources create with the help of a team of liveried journalists.
I wrote a pair of articles back in 2012 about fake news, calling out Obama for his despicable practices. Sadly, they didn't get much attention, because, well, the audience that I was writing for was incapable of dealing with any criticism of Obama. I'm going to repost them here to illustrate the barrenness of the claims of the power elites calling for censorship. I hope that the crowd here enjoys them.
Back to the Black Lists
Submitted by Goin South on Fri, 11/25/2016 - 12:36pmChris Floyd's Counterpunch article brought me to this new black list of news organizations and web sites. Those listed by a brand-new organization, PropOrNot.com, are claimed to be Russian dupes or fronts.
A whole new level of denial
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 11/21/2016 - 11:34pmRemember when Hillary asked, ‘Why aren’t I 50 points ahead?’
No politician should ever have to ask that.
Since the election defeat the denial has gotten more extreme.
More bashing of the Independent Press...
Submitted by fakenews on Mon, 11/21/2016 - 1:21pmPages
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