A new study suggests fake news might have won Donald Trump the 2016 election
Researchers at Ohio State University find that fake news probably played a significant role in depressing Hillary Clinton's support on Election Day.
April 2018
Op-ed: Why the business model of social media giants like Facebook is incompatible with human rights (Conversation, The)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/03/2018 - 11:41Who Benefits From Sinclair Political Money? (Center for Public Integrity)
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The Comcast-NBC Merger Offers Little Guidance for AT&T-Time Warner
On the surface, the AT&T-Time Warner deal bears a strong resemblance to Comcast's 2011 acquisition of NBC Universal. Both AT&T and its opponents have already invoked the Comcast-NBC Universal merger in support of their case. In its response to the Department of Justice's lawsuit, AT&T argued that the government’s 2011 decision to approve the Comcast deal, with conditions, set a precedent that should be respected.
Bhaskar Chakravorti: Is your personal information secure? These are the countries that are most vulnerable to Facebook data brea (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/03/2018 - 11:20CNN fires back at President Trump attack tweet with fact-check (Hill, The)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/03/2018 - 11:18Katrina vanden Heuvel: Don’t let big and dark money ‘drown out the truth and drown out your voice’ (Washington Post)
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President Trump Defends Sinclair, Rips ‘Fake News Networks’ and CNN’s ‘Little Jeff Zuker’
On April 3, President Donald Trump posted on Twitter:
The Fake News Networks, those that knowingly have a sick and biased AGENDA, are worried about the competition and quality of Sinclair Broadcast. The “Fakers” at CNN, NBC, ABC & CBS have done so much dishonest reporting that they should only be allowed to get awards for fiction!