If Truth Be Told About Fake News, Trolls & “Astroturfing”
By Catherine J. Frompovich Astroturfing is the practice of masking the sponsors of a message or organization (e.g., political, advertising, religious or public relations) to make…
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The Curators: Culling “Fake News” or Controlling the Narrative? — Sharyl Attkisson
By Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson We’ve entered a brave, new world in the information age. Where it can be tough to know what’s real….
Russia’s Latest “Anti-fake News Law” is So Bad Even Kremlin Pranksters Hate It
By Alexey Kovalev Russia has officially outlawed fake news. On March 7, the State Duma, the lower chamber of Russia’s parliament, approved a package of…
Facebook Censors News Outlets Critical of US Foreign Policy and Corporate Media
By Jessica Corbett (CD) — Journalists and advocates of press freedoms are once more directing outrage and criticism at Facebook for selectively censoring pages on its platform…
The Tyranny of the Computer, Revisited
By Janet Phelan One of my first journalistic efforts was published in an inflight magazine in the late seventies and was entitled The Tyranny of…
Russian “Anti-Fake News” Bill Rushed Through Parliament Despite Vocal Opposition
By RuNet Echo The Russian State Duma is considering multiple bills of law that would further stifle free speech in Russia’s already heavily restricted internet…
NewsGuard and Microsoft Team Up To Destroy Independent Media Ahead Of 2020 Elections; Linked To Several Think Tanks, Government Officials
By Aaron Kesel The service NewsGuard, an establishment attempt to silence alternative media and independent media sites, has teamed up with Microsoft to help its…
The 2nd Annual REAL Fake News Awards
By corbettreport Live (by which I mean recorded) from western Japan, it’s The 2nd Annual REAL Fake News Awards, that ceremony where the worst Fake…
Did You See THIS??! MAGA HAT TEEN Fake News EXPOSED!
By Press For Truth This weekend the world should have learned a valuable lesson when it comes to how we consume and share information. A…
Fake News In LIVE Real-time TV; What Next?
By Catherine J. Frompovich They say, “Seeing is believing” and “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Well, get ready for what seems like an…
NewsGuard Launches War on Alternative Media
By Whitney Webb (MPN) — Soon after the social media “purge” of independent media sites and pages this past October, a top neoconservative insider — Jamie…
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Examined By Doctors As MSM And Democrats Push Fake News Story On Meeting With Paul Manafort
By Aaron Kesel WikiLeaks founder and former editor Julian Assange underwent a series of medical exams, Ecuador’s top attorney Inigo Salvador said. Salvador told reporters…
The Perils of Banning “Fake News”
By Filip Steffensen When the printing press was invented in the mid-1400s, Europe faced radical and unprecedented changes. Ultimately revolutionizing the circulation of information, the…
Mainstream Fake-News: The Devious Limited Hangout
By Jon Rappoport Big media attacks “fake news.” Independent reporters rightly point the finger at big media as the predominant purveyor of fake news. Here…