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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryThe BBC Has Legal Protection to Spread Fake News: the Curious Case of ISIS, Andrew Neil and Jeremy Corbyn Coles, T.J. Article 2018 A look at the reporting of 'fake news' by the BBC, which has no legal obligation to give its audience any information about its sources and seemingly has legal protection from scrutiny. British Government-Funded Outlet Offered Journalist $17,000 a Month to Produce Propaganda for Syrian Rebels Khalek, Rania Article 2016 The Revolutionary Forces of Syria media office, a major Syrian opposition media outfit and frequent source of information for Western media, is funded by the British government as a propaganda outlet. A Case Study in the Creation of False News Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2017 Paul Craig Roberts discusses a classic case in the creation of false news. Champions Of Democracy - From Fake News To Imposed Insanity Article 2018 While social media is largely blamed for the proliferation of 'fake news', it is through social media where the corporate media commentariat are exposed. Readers are now at last able to see some ratio... The CIA's 60-Year History of Fake News: How the Deep State Corrupted Many American Writers Whitney, Joel; Scheer, Robert Article 2017 In this week's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews Joel Whitney, author and co-founder of Guernica magazine.Whitney's new book, "Finks: How the C.I.A. T... The Climate Denial Industry Is Out To Dupe The Public. And It's Working Monbiot, George Article 2009 The climate denial industry consists of people who are paid to say that man-made global warming isn't happening. Confessions of an Alleged Russian Propagandist: A Pentagon Hit? Lindorff, Dave Article 2016 While our corporate media don't talk about it, the US does run a vast propaganda operation, which includes the spawning and spreading of, guess what?, fake news stories! This kind of thing has gone on... Cowardly New World: Alternative Media Under Attack by Algorithms  Sonnenblume, Kollibri terre Article 2017 An insidious assault is underway against alternative media on the internet. Leftist and progressive websites have been suffering significant declines in traffic. Some have had online income sources cu... An Empire of Lies: Why Our Media Betray Us Cook, Jonathan Article 2011 Contrary to its avowed aim, mainstream journalism invariably diminishes the impact of new events when they threaten powerful elites. Fake News About 'Fake News' - The Media Performance Pyramid Edwards, David Article 2016 Following Brexit and Trump, mainstream media have focused on media bias and the implications of so-called fake news. The definition of fake news can be easily generalized to all corporate media, and a... Fake news about the Rojava revolution Fredman, Nick Article 2017 Sharply different opinions have developed among the radical left in recent years towards the Syrian radical democratic movement led by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) -- an initially Kurdish-based fo... Fake News about Venezuela: A Simple Recipe Vaz, Ricardo Article 2017 "Journalists" who want to write fake news about Venezuela, or about any other country or group that dares to stand up to US imperialism, only need to follow this simple recipe:
- Choose one or more c... Fake news, echo chambers and filter bubbles: Underresearched and overhyped Dutton, William H. Article 2017 In the early years of the internet, it was revolutionary to have a world of information just a click away from anyone, anywhere, anytime. Many hoped this inherently democratic technology could lead to... 'Fake News' in America: Homegrown, and Far From New Hedges, Chris Article 2016 Details the hypocrisy of the media and Democratic party's recent outcry over 'fake news', as the loose definition encompasses well-established media practices, and may be used to attack any alternativ... Fake News Inquiry: Old Wine in New Bottles Kampmark, Binoy Article 2017 A criticism of a recent investigation by the UK's Culture, Media and Sports committee into 'fake news' and public persuasion by false propaganda, describing the challenges of identifying or preventing... 'Fake news' or free speech: Is Google cracking down on left media? Sheffield, Mathew Article 2017 Left leaning progressive websites say they are being unfairly penalized by Google's efforts to stamp out fake news. Fake News: the Unravelling of US Empire From Within McMurtry, John Article 2017 A war of opposing certitudes and denunciations is waged day to day between the long-ruling US corporate media and the White House. Both continuously proclaim ringing recriminations of the other's 'fa... Gates of Delusion: Media Distortions and REAL Climate Scandals Article 2010 Climate-related storms in a teacup have been appearing in the corporate media almost on a daily basis. This nonsense is distracting attention from a mountain of evidence that human-induced climate cha... The Internet is Already Broken Pemberton, Nick Article 2017 Nick Pemberton's article on the already broken internet. Israeli Army Admits Tweeted Hezbollah Map Actually Fake Ditz, Jason Article 2016 The Israeli media has been forced to admit a map purported to contain information on Hezbollah positions, distributed to foreign diplomats and on twitter, is a fabrication. It Doesn't Matter to Them If It's Untrue. It's a Higher Truth.: The Anti-Empire Report Blum, William Article 2011 The lies used to justify the US/NATO attack on Libya. JournalismSources.com Website 2017 A portal featuring news, articles, and resources about journalism, press freedom, free speech, censorship and related topics. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A sea... Made-in-China fake news overwhelms Taiwan Lin, I-fan Article 2018 Since 2016, when Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected as Taiwan's president relations between Taiwan and China have been increasingly strained. In parallel, a series of f... The Manufactured Doubt Industry And The Hacked Email Controversy Masters, Jeff Article 2009 The fossil fuel industry has been working for years to create a smokescreen of doubt to obscure the facts of global warming. Media Promote Baseless Assertions By Government Officials Of Russian Interference As Facts Peppe, Matt Article 2017 The headline of a New York Times article published April 6, 2017, "C.I.A. Had Evidence of Russian Effort to Help Trump Earlier Than Believed," misleadingly implies not only that there was an effort by... Media Review: Fake News Film/Video 2017 Richard Seymour looks at the current debate around 'fake news'. What does the term refer to and is it as new as we think? Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Oreskes, Naomi; Conway, Erik M. Book 2010 Investigative reportage on how private interests and lobbies in America use hired gun scientists to spread doubt and misinformation. The media's binary understanding of balanced repoting has given the... NYT Advocates Internet Censorship Parry, Robert Article 2016 The New York Times wants a system of censorship for the Internet to block what it calls "fake news," but the Times ignores its own record of publishing "fake news." Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 20, 2016: Fake News Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 "Fake news" is the latest mania to convulse the mainstream media. All at once, we're being subjected to an outbreak of hand-wringing articles and commentary about obscure websites which are supposedly... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 21, 2018: Their Interent or Ours? Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2018 The Internet, which was at one time a free and open space for sharing information and ideas, has been privatized and twisted to serve the profit-making agenda of huge corporations, working hand-in-glo... Propaganda, Fake News, and Media Lies: The Diabolical Business of Global Public Relations Firms Phillips, Peter Article 2017 The PRP industry has experienced phenomenal growth since 2001. In 2015, three publicly traded mega PR firms -- Omnicom, WPP, and Interpublic Group -- together employed 214,000 people across 170 countr... PublicitySources.com Website 2017 A web portal featuring publicity and PR resources, including articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A... The Russian Dossier Reminds Me of the Row Over Saddam's WMDs Cockburn, Patrick Article 2017 The conclusions reached in the Trump dossier claim to be based on multiple sources of information where, in the nature of things, they are unlikely to exist. The Russian Hack That Wasn't Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2017 Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept exposes the fake news put out by the US Department of Homeland Security (an euphemistic name for a Big Brother operation that spies on US citizens) that Russia hacked ... The Russian Hacking Story Continues to Unravel Whitney, Mike Article 2017 An examination of the text from a recent report by an IBM executive, which disproves the claim that Russia interfered in the US elections or hacked the servers at the DNC. Their Internet or Ours?: Introduction to the April 21, 2018 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli Article 2018 What happened to the Internet? The Internet, which was at one time a free and open space for sharing information and ideas, has been privatized and twisted to serve the profit-making agenda of huge co... Trump v. the Media: a Fight to the Death Cockburn, Patrick Article 2017 At present, this is a golden era in American journalism, because established media outlets such as CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post find themselves under unprecedented and open attacks ... The War Against "Fake News" is a War on Us Cook, Jonathan Article 2018 Barely a day passes without a new development in the war on social media -- that is, the war on us. Today, it is a report that Twitter has emailed hundreds of thousands of its users, warning them that... Watch How Casually False Claims Are Published: New York Times and Nicholas Lemann Edition Greenwald, Glenn Article 2017 We have a perfect example of how this happens from the New York Times today, in a book review by Nicholas Lemann, the Pulitzer-Moore professor of journalism at Columbia University as well as a longtim... Where the Anti-Russian Moral Panic is Leading Us Raimondo, Justin Article 2017 This is how the smear campaign scores points: you don't have to be on the Russian payroll -- you can be a "useful idiot" just because of your political views, which condemn you as an "unwitting" agent... Sources LibraryDebunked: How VoA journalist pushed fake news story on 'Russian tanks crossing into Ukraine' 2018 The easily-verifiable false claim by Voice of America journalist that Russian tanks were filmed entering Ukraine was shared thousands of times before being debunked. The journalist, however, refused t... Facebook’s 'anti-fake news' plan looks like effort to curb alternative media MacDonald, Bryan 2016 Examines the problems of how 'fake news' is defined, and how Facebook's strategy to limit exposure to 'fake news' might also impact any alternative media. "Fake News" Introduction to the December 20, 2016 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli 2016 "Fake news" is the latest mania to convulse the mainstream media. All at once, we're being subjected to an outbreak of hand-wringing articles and commentaries about obscure websites which are supposed... 'Fake news' is okay if it's about #RussiaGate: Top 7 fake 'collusion' stories the media pushed 2019 A summary of stories of Russian interference in US politics that were later retracted. 'Fake news' & 'post-truth' politics? What about those Iraqi WMDs? Clark, Neil 2016 The people and the outlets warning of the dangers of 'fake news' and 'post-truth politics' have been the biggest peddlers of 'fake news' and 'post-truth politics' out there. It's like receiving lectur... Has Trump Stolen Philosophy's Critical Tools? Williams, Casey 2017 Williams analyzes how U.S. President Trump is able to exploit the post-modernist view of the subjectivity of truth in order to wield power over how Americans perceive their own reality. Irony alert: Firm that warned Americans of Russian bots...was running an army of fake Russian bots Ryan, Danielle 2018 The co-founders of cybersecurity firm New Knowledge warned Americans in November to "remain vigilant" in the face of "Russian efforts" to meddle in US elections. This month, they have been exposed for... From the Connexions ArchivesMediaSources.ca Website 2017 A web portal featuring resources about media and the media industry, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importan... |
