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Threats to Democracy
January 23, 2019 | Spencer Feingold
Tags: baby boomers, Facebook, Fake news

Baby Boomers Are the Biggest Suckers for Fake News

Facebook users 65 and older shared the majority of fake news during the 2016 election, a new study found. The results were consistent for all baby boomers regardless of political ideology.

David Nunes
Blog Posts
December 29, 2018 | Laura Bruno
Tags: Fake news, GOP, media

Legit-Looking Websites That Peddle Fake News

President Donald Trump is constantly lashing out against what he considers “fake news” (i.e. any story that is unflattering to him). But some of his GOP allies are creating their own websites that truly fit the definition.

Rodrigo Duterte, Donald Trump
Politics, US Politics
November 26, 2018 | Spencer Feingold
Tags: Donald Trump, Fake news, human rights

‘Fake News’ and Trumpian Rhetoric Echo Around the World

President Donald Trump loves the world’s strongmen for their power, preeminence, and the deference that surrounds them. They love him for his spin.

Chris Ripley, Sinclair Broadcasting Group
Podcast
August 25, 2017 | Jeff Schechtman
Tags: Fake news, Lucia Graves, Sinclair media

A Real Home of Real Fake News

Sinclair Media Group is more influential and in more homes than Fox News or Breitbart. Why have you not heard of it?

Black Ops Advertising, Mara Einstein
Podcast
December 30, 2016 | Jeff Schechtman
Tags: black ops advertising, Fake news, marketing

Fake News Brought to You by the Ad Wizards of Corporate America

Fake news is just one part of the story. Advertising itself is now considered “content” and directed at us in new and insidious ways.

Presidential Election
December 4, 2016 | DonkeyHotey and Klaus Marre
Tags: Facebook, Fake news

Trump Caught Blackmailing Zuckerberg into Rigging Facebook

Unbelievable billionaire conspiracy!!! Too good to be true for Clinton supporters!!! Zuckerberg orders Facebook Premium Algorithm Loop Mapping team to fix the election for Trump. Click here!!!

Video
December 1, 2016 | Russ Baker
Tags: Fake news

Fake News? Mainstream Media Hands Not Quite Clean Either

Yes there is a problem with totally fake news. But the mainstream media, in creating a panic about that problem, ignores a fundamental issue: much of its own content, while superficially “accurate,” is often spin and manipulation itself.

The WhoWhatWhy Blog

Sex, Blackmail, and Jeff Bezos

Is Another State Ready to Reject Disenfranchisement?

Why Trump Won’t Back Down on Shutdown

Georgia Poised to Pick Vulnerable Barcode Voting Technology

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