Fake news

Russian propaganda effort helped spread 'fake news' during ... » Nov 24, 2016 ...The flood of “fake news” this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing Democrat Hillary Clinton, helping Republican Donald Trump and undermining faith in American democracy, say... Washingtonpost.com

2016 Lie of the Year: Fake news | PolitiFact » Dec 13, 2016 ...Then there's fake news, the phenomenon that is now sweeping, well, the news. Fake news is made-up stuff, masterfully manipulated to look like credible journalistic reports that are easily spread online to large audiences willing to believe the fictions and spread the word. In 2016, the prevalence of political... Politifact.com

Fake news : NPR » Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, pleaded guilty Friday to two charges related to last year's armed confrontation at the Comet Ping Pong restaurant in Washington, D.C. Welch says he was "self-investigating" false Internet rumors of a pedophile ring at the pizzeria. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption. toggle caption. Jose Luis ... Npr.org

We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's ... » Nov 23, 2016 ..."The whole idea from the start was to build a site that could kind of infiltrate the echo chambers of the alt-right," says Jestin Coler, whose company, Disinfomedia, is behind some fake news sites. Npr.org

#fakenews hashtag on Twitter » 14h ago @MarkSimoneNY tweeted: "All the other anchors at NBC News should.." - read what others are saying and join the conversation. Twitter.com

Fake News Archives | Snopes.com » 29 November 2017 Mislabeled footage of an aggressive "Muslim migrant" shared by President Donald Trump is just one hoax in a long line of fabricated anti-Islam stories. FALSE. Fact Check Fake News. Did Canada Legalize Euthanasia So Parents Can Kill Children With Disabilities? 27 November 2017 Misleading... Snopes.com

Donald Trump just claimed he invented 'fake news' - CNNPolitics » Oct 26, 2017 ...Donald Trump comes up with things. Like the idea of putting the words "fake" and "news" together. Cnn.com

How Fake News Turned a Small Town Upside Down - The New ... » Sep 26, 2017 ...On a Tuesday morning in June 2016, Nathan Brown, a reporter for The Times- News, the local paper in Twin Falls, Idaho, strolled into the office and cleared off a spot for his coffee cup amid the documents and notebooks piled on his desk. Brown, 32, started his career at a paper in upstate New York, where... Nytimes.com

Fake news: What exactly is it – and can it really swing an election? » Nov 14, 2017 ..."Fake news" was not a term many people used 18 months ago, but it is now seen as one of the greatest threats to democracy, free debate and the Western order. A s well as being a favourite term of Donald Trump, it has been named the word of the year, raised tensions between nations, and may lead to... Telegraph.co.uk

Fake News Archives - FactCheck.org » FactCheck.org is one of several organizations working with Facebook to help identify and label viral fake news stories flagged by readers on the social media network. We provide several resources for readers: a guide on how to flag suspicious stories on Facebook and a list of websites that have carried fake or satirical... Factcheck.org