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Trump administration cosies up to client media Members Public

Ah, Media Twitter is all aflutter with this news from the New York Times: > The Gateway Pundit, a provocative conservative blog, gained notice last year for its fervent pro-Trump coverage and its penchant for promoting false rumors about voter fraud and Hillary Clinton’s health that rocketed around right-wing

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
bloggers

How the alt-right media machine stole the "Fake News" tag Members Public

This really is a mark of just how efficient and savvy the media machine around Trump is [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-time-to-retire-the-tainted-term-fake-news/2017/01/06/a5a7516c-d375-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html] : > But though the term [Fake News] hasn’t been around long, its meaning already is lost. Faster than you

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
fake news

Some follow up on the Google News Lab University Network Members Public

Two bits of feedback to yesterday’s piece on the Google News Lab University Network [https://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2016/12/fake-news-political-propaganda.html] . The Frenemy Dance > Remember when Google was the enemy in many publishers’ eyes? It appears it and Facebook have swapped… — Adam Tinworth (@adders) December 6,

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Adam Tinworth
digital production

Fake news is just the tip of the propaganda iceberg Members Public

Fake news is Facebook’s problem, right? Well, maybe it’s a touch bigger than that. Maybe Google has the problem, too [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/04/google-democracy-truth-internet-search-facebook] : > Are Jews evil? It’s not a question I’ve ever thought of asking. I hadn’t gone

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Adam Tinworth
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About that 1998 Trump interview… Members Public

We're all prone to confirmation bias. Even me.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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