Propaganda & Truth

Anonymous Leaks to the WashPost About the CIA’s Russia Beliefs Are No Substitute for Evidence

The Washington Post late Friday night published an explosive story that, in many ways, is classic American journalism of the worst sort: The key claims are based exclusively on the unverified

December 10, 2016
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"Call Out the Lies": SEIU Head Defends Union Leader Who Challenged Trump on False Carrier Job Claims

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Donald Trump attacked union leader Chuck Jones on Twitter this week, after the president of United Steelworkers Local 1999 appeared on CNN criticizing Trump for breaking his promise to Carrier

December 9, 2016
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Rather Than Exposing Propaganda, Washington Post Shows How It’s Done

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As the Hillary Clinton campaign slogged toward victory in the long primary campaign against Sen. Bernie Sanders, word came from WikiLeaks that it had scored a trove of hacked emails to and from the Democratic National Committee.

December 9, 2016
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Video: Spotting Fake News

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Made-up news isn’t new, but it now spreads quickly through social media. Readers remain the first line of defense against the dissemination of these bogus reports. So, how do you spot a fake? We offer a video guide of the advice we detailed in our report “How to Spot Fake News.”

December 9, 2016
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Denzel Washington, Pope Francis among Latest to Blast Mainstream Media for “Fake News”

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I know. What was the likelihood that Denzel Washington and Pope Francis would appear in the same headline… ever? But both have something in common this week: they have come out against the way mainstream and traditional

December 8, 2016
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How Journalists Need to Go Beyond Fact Checking Trump

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All the way back in March, Dartmouth political science professor Brendan Nyhan wrote a prescient tweetstorm about how journalists and others should call out Donald Trump’s routine violation of modern norms of democratic discourse.

December 5, 2016
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