Tag: Fake news

Categories USA

Trump lashes out at ‘dumbest’ ex-adviser Bolton after CNN interview about ‘appalling’ idea to rerun election under martial law

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President Trump blasted reports he’s considering imposing martial law as “fake news” and called his former National Security Advisor John Bolton “one of the dumbest people in Washington,” after Bolton called the idea “appalling.” … Read More >Trump lashes out at ‘dumbest’ ex-adviser Bolton after CNN interview about ‘appalling’ idea to rerun election under martial law

Categories USA

NYTimes retracts ‘Caliphate’ podcast & reassigns reporter, admitting star ‘ISIS executioner’ likely never went to Syria

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The NY Times has finally retracted its award-winning podcast about a Canadian-born Islamic State executioner, months after Ottawa discovered he’d made it all up, admitting their fact-checking was “not sufficiently rigorous.” … Read More >NYTimes retracts ‘Caliphate’ podcast & reassigns reporter, admitting star ‘ISIS executioner’ likely never went to Syria

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