Republican figures and clickbait websites have been promoting an anti-Islam fake news company on Facebook
A Media Matters study found that Facebook pages of some mainstream conservative media outlets, Republican media figures, and even apolitical clickbait sites are part of promotional campaigns involving websites with a history of promoting anti-Islam fake news and conspiracy theories. Liftable Media owns three sites that have pushed anti-Islam pieces: Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal, both […]
Alt-Right Twitter Users Create Fake ‘Black Person’ Accounts Promoting Racism
A pro-Donald Trump white supremacist website called the Daily Stormer said it created 1,000 fake Twitter accounts for fictional black people this week to a way to troll the internet and spread racist ideas. The announcement, which came from a blog post from the website’s founder Andrew Anglin, is a response to Twitter’s recent ban on accounts circulating alt-right […]
Republican Lawmakers Promote Unity Despite Signs of Unease With Trump
Signs of the long, divisive presidential contest that nearly tore the Republican Party apart were nowhere to be seen Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Republican members of the House of Representatives easily renominated Paul Ryan to be their leader. In January, the new Congress will confirm him as speaker for his first full term. “This entire […]
Spotlight shifts to Trump rivals at GOP debate
DES MOINES, Iowa — With Donald Trump boycotting, his Republican rivals used the opportunity to pummel each other Thursday night in a contentious debate that offered one of the last chances to ply Iowans before the first presidential vote of 2016. Trump was gone but not forgotten. The first question from co-moderator Megyn Kelly, the […]