by Sydney Smith on Dec 04, 2016
How 4 News Outlets Recommend Reporting on the Alt-Right: Roundup
In the past week, several news outlets -- the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the Canadian Press and the...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2016
NYTimes Op-Ed on Facebook & Fake News Needed More Disclosure, Public Editor Says
The New York Times published an op-ed calling for Facebook not to fact check after public discussion of the social...
by David W. Moore on Nov 30, 2016
Poll Discrepancies as Justification for Vote Recount
Part of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s justification for a vote recount in Pennsylvania is the “discontinuity between pre-election...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2016
Ivanka Trump would Mace Donald Trump? Quote is a Conan O’Brien Joke, not a real Ivanka Trump Quote
Fake news has been a major topic of discussion this month. Despite the significant attention devoted to the problem of...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 29, 2016
‘Alt-Right’ Shouldn’t be used without Context, Associated Press says in new guidance
The Associated Press released new guidance for using the term "alt-right." For starters, they have told their staff not to use...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 28, 2016
3 Sean Hannity Episodes were Biased, Showed ‘Overwhelmingly One-Sided View’ of Trump, UK Broadcast Regulator Says
Three August episodes of Sean Hannity's program on Fox News were biased in their coverage of the U.S. election, the...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2016
Politico’s Michael Hirsh resigns after posting Richard B. Spencer’s home addresses
Michael Hirsh, an editor at Politico Magazine, posted the home address of white nationalist Richard B. Spencer on both his...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2016
CNN Sorry for ‘If Jews are People’ Graphic
CNN apologized for an inappropriate chyron graphic on air this week reading "Alt-Right Founder Questions if Jews are People." The...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg on How Facebook will try to Stop Fake News
After criticism of the social networking website's publication and promotion of fake news, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg shared...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2016
Fake News Roundup: PepsiCo Didn’t Ditch Trump Supporters
BuzzFeed's Craig Silverman reported this week that "viral fake election news outperformed real news on Facebook in final months of...