(Elias Marat) As journalists face increased layoffs despite the growing appetite for up-to-the-minute, timely news, a new trend has quietly been disrupting the news industry.
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The Definitive List Of US/UK Media “Russiagate” Fake Stories
(Zero Hedge) In our world of 24/7 news cycles but goldfish-like memories, deep divisions that fuel unprecedented cognitive dissonance, and a media in the pocket of the deep state; knowing what is fact and what is fake is increasingly hard for many and impossible for most.
The 2nd Annual REAL Fake News Awards for 2018
The 2nd Annual REAL Fake News Awards for 2018
MSM Begs For Trust After Buzzfeed Debacle
(Caitlin Johnstone) Following what the Washington Post has described as “the highest-profile misstep yet for a news organization during a period of heightened and intense scrutiny of the press,” mass media representatives are now flailing desperately for an argument as to why people should continue to place their trust in mainstream news outlets.
MAGA Hat Teen Speaks Out Amid Death Threats; Denounces “Outright Lies” About Tribal Elder Staredown
(Zero Hedge) The Kentucky teenager at the center of a media circus has spoken out after receiving death threats over a widely misreported incident with an Obama tribal elder on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
New App ‘NewsGuard’ Promises To Stop Fake News. Have A Look At Who Owns & Funds It
(Joe Martino) A new browser extension app called NewsGuard promises to give readers better insight into the credibility of news sites by providing them with a red, yellow or green badge as visitors explore content. All you have to do is install it on your website browser and you will find out how websites are rated based on numerous categories. You will also see a ‘Nutrition Label’ that was developed by NewsGuard’s ‘watchdog SWAT team’ so readers can understand whether or not a site is trustworthy… well, that’s what NewsGuard claims.
Former New York Times Top Editor Slams Newspaper for Blatant Anti-Trump Bias
(Brian Freeman) News articles in The New York Times have become “unmistakably anti-Trump,” with some headlines and stories containing “raw opinion,” according to Jill Abramson, who was the newspaper’s top news editor from 2011 until her firing in 2014, The Hill reported on Wednesday.
Reporter Quits NBC Citing Network’s Support For Endless War
(Caitlin Johnstone) A journalist with NBC has resigned from the network with a statement which highlights the immense resistance that ostensibly liberal mass media outlets have to antiwar narratives, skepticism of US military agendas, and any movement in the opposite direction of endless military expansionism.
ARE YOUR OPINIONS ACTUALLY ‘YOURS?’ — An In-Depth Look into the Manipulative Psychological Tricks Played on You by the MSM
(Shem-El Jamal) In our current society, information is everything. Our opinions, perspectives, and our general ability to function in the world are dependent upon our aptitude to learn and comprehend the accurate information we encounter from media. Yet, what if our trusted media sources which provide this information were not as accurate as we had always assumed?
How Government Bureaucrats & The NYTimes Are Misleading The Public About Climate Change
(Robert P. Murphy) The Executive Branch’s recently released Volume II of the National Climate Assessment (NCA) is a massive document that is being cited as yet further evidence that the U.S. government should act quickly and boldly in the fight against climate change. The coverage in the New York Times was typical:
The Largest Pushers of Conspiracy Theories Are MSM And The US State Department
(Caitlin Johnstone) — The US State Department has issued a statement accusing the Syrian government of having carried out a false flag chemical weapons attack in northwestern Aleppo with the intent to blame it on the jihadist factions in the region, citing “credible info” that the public has not been permitted to see.
“They Used Us For Crisis PR” – Facebook’s Fact Checkers Are In Open Revolt
(Zero Hedge) A group of former and current factcheckers hired by Facebook to flag false news have come forward to say they’ve “lost trust” in the social media giant after it did little to actually crack down on fake news.
Busted: Yet Another Liberal Student Caught Sending “Hate Crime” Threats to Herself… Now Faces Criminal Charges
(Vicki Batts) In November, a student at Drake University told administrators she had found multiple racist notes in one of the residence halls. Now, the student in question, 18-year-old Kissie Ram, is being charged with making false reports to law enforcement. It turns out the notes were not the musings of a racist, and were the work of a left-leaning college student looking to create her own “hate crime.”
The Guardian Caught Publishing Completely Fake News That Falsely Claimed Julian Assange Met with Paul Manafort
(JD Heyes) A “bombshell” story published by The Guardian on Tuesday claimed that one time 2016 Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort “secretly met” with Julian Assange of WikiLeaks before he took on his new role, but within hours of publication, the story began to disintegrate like so much fake news.
Trump Proposes Worldwide ‘Truth’ Network To Counter CNN’s “Unfair, False” Reporting
(Zero Hedge) Perhaps President Trump was still nursing a grudge from his visit to France earlier this month, or maybe he spent some time ruminating about his low popularity ratings among key US allies. Or maybe he’s still pissed about the whole Jim Acosta thing.