(Gareth Porter) Further research shows The New York Times was even further off the mark in blaming Russian social media for Trump’s win, as Gareth Porter reports.
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Fact-Checking the Establishment’s “Fact-Checkers”: How the “Fake News” Story Is Fake News
(Max Parry) Shortly after Trump took the oath of office, campaign manager Kellyanne Conway infamously used the phrase “alternative facts” while defending Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s dispute of the attendance drop at the inauguration ceremony from predecessor Barack Obama. The low-hanging fruit of Conway’s remarks were widely interpreted as an instance of ‘Orwellian doublespeak’, but the kernel of truth in them was missed by the self-styled ‘respectable’ media of the establishment who hide behind a guise of objectivity and self-appointed expertise while positioning themselves as omniscient arbiters of truth. Spicer’s claim was indeed an obvious lie, yet the general accuracy of Conway’s point was that what one considers ‘factual’ often comes down to worldview.
People are Posting Examples of the Media Manipulating the Truth (Photos)
(Adam Goldberg) It’s been reported ironically, in the mainstream and out in the open in the past several years that people are believing in the bias and the authority of the mainstream media less and less. In the last few years, traditional news media has been having much more of a rough time, though it’s almost like someone is trying to make up for that by damaging the alternative media.
Hilarious Fake News: Weather Channel Reporter Fakes Hurricane-force Winds While Two Guys Casually Stroll down the Street Behind Him, Wearing Shorts
(Mike Adams) The internet is abuzz with the hilarious discovery of a Weather Channel reporter caught faking like he’s barely able to stand in hurricane-force winds while two guys casually stroll down the street behind him.
Mistrust of Mainstream Media Reaches Breaking Point
(Richard Enos) Ah, it’s a good time to be working in alternative media — at least that part of alternative media whose sole and unabashed goal is to reveal the truth behind the veil of deception.
Conscious Media: A New Form Of News & Media That Will Revolutionize Our World
(Joe Martino) In 2016, as the presidential election was heating up and candidates were throwing punches back and forth, the term ‘fake news’ was born. Partly a result of Trump and partly hyped up by a damning list produced by a university professor, ‘fake news’ was now a real thing to people.
Three Glaring Examples Proving Snopes and the AP Have No Business Being Official ‘Fact Checkers’
(Matt Agorist) Snopes and the Associated Press have been given power over social media to define truth but they are often wrong and the consequences are grave.
Same Corrupt California Government That Pushed Vaccine Mandates Now Forming a “Fake News” Authority to Block News Sources They Don’t Like… California to Become Communist China
(Ethan Huff) Liberals in the Golden State have come up with yet another way to expand authoritarian control over the people who live there. It’s known as Senate Bill 1424, and it would basically eliminate all independent press in California, dubbing any information that establishment politicians disagree with as “fake news.”
Time Magazine Admits Screaming Migrant Girl Cover Is Fake News, But Says It “Captures” A Real Story, so It Doesn’t Matter
(JD Heyes) Earlier this week one of the establishment media’s oldest purveyors of fake news and propaganda, Time magazine, published a highly controversial magazine cover that immediately went viral.
NY Times Forced to Issue Retraction After Calling a True Story a “Far Right Conspiracy Theory”
(RT) After referring to the very real practice of the funding of terrorist families as a “far right conspiracy theory,” the NY Times was forced to issue a retraction.