Tag: Fake news

Categories USA

NYTimes RETURNS Peabody award for retracted ‘Caliphate’ podcast after acknowledging that its star ‘ISIS executioner’ was a hoax

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The NY Times has returned the Peabody award given to the newspaper’s ‘Caliphate’ podcast in 2018, after the show fell from grace upon the discovery that one of its top sources –an alleged IS executioner– was making his stories up. … Read More >NYTimes RETURNS Peabody award for retracted ‘Caliphate’ podcast after acknowledging that its star ‘ISIS executioner’ was a hoax

Categories Shows

Media literacy in the age of fake news & iPhone factory workers rise up

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In the information age, should media literacy be required learning for students? In India, iPhone factory workers rise up over unpaid wages. Fall enrollment plummets for US colleges and universities. The Cleveland Indians no more! The MLB finally agrees to change the name of one of sports most racist mascots. … Read More >Media literacy in the age of fake news & iPhone factory workers rise up

Categories Russia

Russian doctor who treated Navalny accuses Sunday Times of pushing ‘fake news’ over claims hospital enabled activist’s poisoning

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Britain’s Sunday Times delivered an exclusive so fantastical this weekend that even the most committed Russia-bashers stayed quiet. The claim sparked a furious response from the Russian doctors smeared by the leading UK outlet. … Read More >Russian doctor who treated Navalny accuses Sunday Times of pushing ‘fake news’ over claims hospital enabled activist’s poisoning

Categories Middle East

‘Seems to be fake news’: Iran’s foreign ministry denies that senior IRGC commander was killed in drone strike on Iraq-Syria border

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Iran’s foreign ministry has apparently denied reports that a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander and three of his escorts were killed in a drone strike on their car near Iraq’s border with Syria. … Read More >‘Seems to be fake news’: Iran’s foreign ministry denies that senior IRGC commander was killed in drone strike on Iraq-Syria border

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Who is Behind “Fake News”? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images

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Independent media is under attack. Censorship is now routinely applied.
Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Those who say the truth are tagged as “conspiracy theorists”. In relation to the corona crisis, the media is involved in sustaining a Worldwide fear campaign. … Read More >Who is Behind “Fake News”? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images

Categories USA

Washington Post falls for fake FBI raid reportedly staged – with actors – by a conspiracy theorist

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The Washington Post and other media outlets reported on an FBI raid of controversial conservative Jack Burkman’s home, only to later correct their stories after an actor said he was hired to help stage the event. … Read More >Washington Post falls for fake FBI raid reportedly staged – with actors – by a conspiracy theorist

Categories Op-ed

Western celebs & politicians are falling over themselves to condemn racism, yet, Russophobia & Sinophobia remain acceptable

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Censorship is democracy, fake news is truth, submission is freedom. Western propaganda requires acceptance of contradictory dogmas alongside an impressive array of mental gymnastics to reconcile logical fallacies. … Read More >Western celebs & politicians are falling over themselves to condemn racism, yet, Russophobia & Sinophobia remain acceptable

Categories World

Lukashenko says videos of Russian troops in Belarus are ‘fake’ – Minsk more worried about NATO movement in Poland & Lithuania

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has completely denied that there are any foreign troops in the country, rejecting online “fakes” that claim to show columns of Russian troops heading towards the border. … Read More >Lukashenko says videos of Russian troops in Belarus are ‘fake’ – Minsk more worried about NATO movement in Poland & Lithuania

Categories USA

‘Worse than CNN’: Trump blasts Fox News’ weekend coverage as ‘unwatchable’ and advises supporters to change the channel

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Donald Trump has taken his sporadic criticisms of Fox News to a new level, calling the network “worse than Fake News CNN” when it comes to its weekend programming and advising his supporters to switch over to a minor competitor. … Read More >‘Worse than CNN’: Trump blasts Fox News’ weekend coverage as ‘unwatchable’ and advises supporters to change the channel