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Facebook’s director of media tries to appease news industry

Facebook's Patrick Walker assured a room full of journalists that Zuck's strategy to combat fake news will work. The plan…

8 years ago

Almost all the traffic to fake news sites is from Facebook, new data show

I think and post about fake news a lot. Just the other day, I came across a Tweet that seemed…

8 years ago

Blue Feed, Red Feed

Facebook is designed to keep your attention, not inform you with an unbiased view of the truth. If you follow…

8 years ago

Commentary: The unbearable smugness of the press

More on how their desire to control the narrative led journalists to ignore alternative voices: That’s the fantasy, the idea…

8 years ago

A ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ Lesson for the Digital Age

If we were surprised Tuesday night, it was because journalism failed us. As reported in the NY Times, every major…

8 years ago

Fake News Taints Facebook’s Trending Topics

In an experiment conducted over several weeks following Facebook's promotion of the fake Megyn Kelly story, the Post recorded which…

8 years ago

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Journalist!

My new hero is NPR's Michael Oreskes. Scott Detrow had a terrific story today about Donald Trump's appearance at a…

8 years ago

Facebook does not care about truth. Facebook wants to sell your attention to the highest bidder.

  Don't trust your Facebook feed. All Facebook wants is for you to spend time on Facebook, so that they…

8 years ago

Facebook Removes Human Curators From Trending Module

Today, Facebook announced that human curators will no longer write short descriptions that accompany trending topics on the site. Instead,…

8 years ago

Truth Trumps Bias

Trump offers plenty of opportunities for his detractors to criticize him. In the case of BabyGate, it does appear that…

8 years ago

University disavows chocolate milk, concussions study

The University of Maryland on Friday disavowed its study saying a company's chocolate milk could help athletes recover from concussions,…

9 years ago

No results found for “officer on leave after video allegedly shows him pulling gun on unarmed teens”

What is the story behind this image? What is the source of that text? Why is that word "allegedly" doing…

9 years ago

Actually, this post really *is* about ethics in journalism.

People – journalists and non-journalists – who want to interact with others about the topic of journalism ethics should be…

9 years ago

Schieffer: ‘We Now Don’t Know Where People Get Their News’

The legendary Bob Schieffer is calling it a career Sunday as he hosts his last “Face the Nation.” “We now…

9 years ago

High Schooler’s Fake Story of Stock Riches Fools New York Editors

"If your mother says she loves you, check it out." In the most recent edition of New York, its annual…

10 years ago

Seattle Times ‘Outraged’ FBI Created Fake Web Page, News Story To Catch Suspect

The FBI fabricated a story to look like a news piece with an Associated Press byline about bomb threats against…

10 years ago

The Emma Watson nude pictures hoax shames our ‘news’ culture

Did you hear that a shady group of antisocial hackers threatened to release nude pictures of Emma Watson after she…

10 years ago

Korean News Station Pokes Fun at KTVU with Fake American Pilot Names After Southwest Airlines Landing Gear Failure

This is certainly a joke, but it's funnier than the original: You probably remember KTVU’s royal eff up with reading…

11 years ago

KTVU Buries News of Asiana Airlines Lawsuit over Fake Pilot Names

Last week, the Fox-afiliated KTVU fell for a prank, repeating offensive fake names for the pilots involved in the crash…

11 years ago