FAKE NEWS: Muslim Migrant Beats Up a Dutch Boy on Crutches?
A video of a teenager beating up a person on crutches was shared by President Donald Trump along with the claim that the antagonist is a “Muslim migrant”. CLAIM A “Muslim migrant” beats up a boy on crutches in a video posted to a site in the Netherlands. SNOPES RATING – FALSE ORIGIN On 29 […]
Prolific Fake News Writer Paul Horner Dead at 38
One of America’s most prolific writers of fake news, Paul Horner, has died aged 38. Horner rose to prominence during the 2016 election as mainstream media became concerned with the success of false stories and pages that aped conventional news sites. But Horner had already made a name for himself long before many in America […]
Fake News Tweets Outnumbered Real Ones Before Election
Twitter users in swing states got more fake news than real news in the days leading up to the 2016 presidential election—and the misinformation helped Donald Trump win, a new study reveals. In all, voters in 27 states—including 11 of the 16 swing states in the election—were inundated with higher concentrations of tweeted links to […]
Fake news fuels nationalism and Islamophobia — sound familiar? In this case, it’s in India
Pro-government websites in India circulated a story in May saying Arundhati Roy, the renowned Indian novelist, had criticized the Indian army’s heavy-handed presence in Kashmir, the disputed territory claimed by both countries. India would never gain full control of Kashmir, Roy was quoted as saying, “even if its army deployment increases from 7 lakh to […]
Trump Lashes Out On Media Calling It ‘Fake & Fraudulent’ In Twitter Row
President Donald Trump defended his use of social media in a series of tweets Saturday and said his usage is “not presidential” but “modern day presidential,” following his tweets accusing the media of trying to convince lawmakers that he should stop using Twitter. “My use of social media is not Presidential – it’s MODERN DAY […]
Fox News Defends Trump With Anonymous Writers, Sources
Fox News has published another article defending President Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, using an anonymous source and without mentioning who wrote the piece. The piece entitled “Trump, Kushner never blackmailed Scarborough, source says” was published Friday without a byline and cites a single, unnamed source as denying that a top White House […]
Trump Lashes Out On Media Calling It ‘Fake & Fraudulent’ In Twitter Row
President Donald Trump defended his use of social media in a series of tweets Saturday and said his usage is “not presidential” but “modern day presidential,” following his tweets accusing the media of trying to convince lawmakers that he should stop using Twitter. “My use of social media is not Presidential – it’s MODERN DAY […]
Techniques of 19th-century fake news reporter teach us why we fall for it today
By Petra S. McGillen, Assistant Professor of German Studies, Dartmouth College. German journalist and novelist Theodor Fontane. Wikimedia Commons Donald Trump appears to have a straightforward definition of fake news: Stories that are critical of him or his presidency are “fake,” while those that praise him are “real.” On the surface, the logic doesn’t hold […]
Macedonia is infamous for fake news. This woman is trying to combat it with real journalism.
The tiny Balkan state of Macedonia, with a population just a quarter the size of New York City’s, received an outsized spotlight in Western media last fall. A BuzzFeed news investigation revealed that teenagers in the town of Veles, Macedonia were making a small fortune creating pro-Donald Trump fake news stories. The teens were happy […]
McCain, Critics Say Trump’s Gone Too Far With Press War
Prominent political voices are increasingly saying President Donald Trump has gone too far in his assault on the media’s credibility, likening his repeated criticisms to those of dictators. RELATED: Campaigner-in-chief: Trump rallies supporters The debate over the wisdom of Trump’s comments took place on the Sunday morning news shows, with Republican Senator John McCain and […]