Like most people, I’ve long known that factual falsehoods are routinely published in major media outlets. But as I’ve pointed out before, nothing makes you internalize just how often it really happens, how completely their editorial standards so often fail, like being personally involved in a story that receives substantial media coverage…
Michael Cohen: I have never been to Prague in my life…#fakenews…
Libs Fell for #GoldenShowers Just as #Fake News & CIA Did…
The Unverified 35 Page Report…
Watch How Casually False Claims are Published: New York Times and Nicholas Lemann Edition…
Watch Glenn Greenwald Blast “Fake News” Peddling by Legacy Media…
“We shouldn’t accept government claims unless we see evidence that it’s true. Particularly, when the consequences are so grave. You have John McCain saying Russia has engaged in a act of war, Nancy Pelosi is accusing journalists of being accomplices of Russia…These are really serious charges and we should see evidence for that.”
‘Fake News’ Is Over Now…
Remember a little while back, when you started hearing the term “fake news” a lot? It was around the time of the 2016 election. Specifically, it was right after the election. There were a lot of reasons for the Democrats’ loss, we were told. None of those reasons had anything to do with voters making […]
WashPost Is Richly Rewarded for False News About Russia Threat While Public Is Deceived…
In the past six weeks, the Washington Post published two blockbuster stories about the Russian threat that went viral: one on how Russia is behind a massive explosion of “fake news,” the other on how it invaded the U.S. electric grid. Both articles were fundamentally false. Each now bears a humiliating editor’s note grudgingly acknowledging…
Your Weekly Alarming Anonymous Friday Night WaPo Dump: Vermont Electrical Grid Edition…
It seems like every Friday this month, there has been an alarming Friday night news dump in the WaPo based off anonymous leaks. This time, it’s a story claiming that, Russian hackers penetrated U.S. electricity grid through a utility in Vermont. The anonymous officials behind this story have just squandered the efforts of a slew […]
Fake News Roundup: Guardian Publishes ‘Shoddy and Misleading’ Article on Interview with Julian Assange…
The shoddy and misleading Guardian article, written by Ben Jacobs, was published on December 24. It made two primary claims — both of which are demonstrably false. The first false claim was hyped in the article’s headline: “Julian Assange gives guarded praise of Trump and blasts Clinton in interview”…
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