Fake news

While Americans increasingly interacted with unreliable sources, residents of Germany and France actually decreased their engagement with these sites.

Roberts made the remarks in his annual report for 2019 as he prepares to preside over a Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

Conspiracy theories fixate on a very simple story which acts as a fable for an overarching worldview, explains Philip Seargeant, a senior lecturer in applied linguistics at The Open University.

A week of social media chaos has shown how vulnerable British voters are to disinformation, whether it is being directed from abroad or closer to home.

After reports of white vans being used to kidnap women and children for sex and organ trafficking spread on Facebook, the company is flagging the statements as false information.

Markings in the Gilgamesh (or Flood) Tablet suggest the god Ea duped humankind through the manipulation of phonetics—a trick that may be the first example of fake news, says academic.

Newsweek analysis found that Trump Jr. referred to 30 separate articles from news outlets that have been dubbed "fake news" or otherwise attacked by himself or his father.

Deal with the demand, and the supply will become irrelevant.

A new Hill-HarrisX survey shows that 24 percent of Republicans believe mass media stories, while 49 percent of Democrats and 36 percent of Independents believe the same. Meanwhile, trust in the mainstream media remains low across the board.

Citing "Climategate" as a reason to avoid action on climate change has become a simple "tell": Those who do it are acting in bad faith.

Job growth under President Donald Trump has been weaker than expected and he has created 1.5 million fewer jobs than his predecessor Barack Obama, Department of Labor figures show.

Calgary-based Wax Partnership and the Florida Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists want to raise awareness about dissemination of incorrect information.

The presidential hopeful's latest attack came after Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook's decision to not remove misleading political adverts from the site.

The tweet falsely claiming the banner was unfurled at Trump Tower, Las Vegas accumulated 96,900 likes and 2.4 million views in less than a day.

The catchphrase, written by the wife of a former English footballer, took the internet by storm on Wednesday as she accused another woman of leaking stories and personal information to the British press.

The CBP officer's "questions had nothing to do with re-entry into the United States," journalist Ben Watson told Newsweek.

Under the new law, online media outlets, including social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, will be forced to issue corrections and remove content that the Singaporean government determines to be untrue, according to Reuters.

"They are now beyond Fake, they are Corrupt," the president tweeted.

"My opinions on automation, immigration, and the rest predate Trump."

Trump gave a military salute to one audience member who shouted the president would have "100 percent" approval ratings if he were covered fairly by journalists.

Vladimir Putin has been accused of arbitrarily imprisoning journalists in Russia.

"I can assure everyone that by running, Roy Moore is going against my father," Trump Jr. tweeted after Moore announced he is running in Alabama again.

Trump's frustration with recent polls boiled over Monday night as he labeled Fox News "fake news" for discussing polling data showing him losing badly in 2020.

The president's favorite putdowns on Twitter function as a virtual Rorschach test for his own personality, traits and behavior

The Pew Research Center found that a majority of Americans see fake news as a bigger problem than violent crime, climate change, racism, illegal immigration and terrorism.

In his commencement address, Fred Ryan, the CEO and publisher of The Washington Post, encouraged Wake Forest graduates to be seekers and stewards of the truth.

Hannity—who once invited Assange to host his radio show—said the activist's case brings up "a fascinating legal issue about the freedom of the press in this country."

"I think it's sort of, you know, sowing confusion, and you know, trying to undermine what might come out as soon as next week, the redacted version of the Mueller report," New York Times correspondent Katie Rogers said.

"Talk radio's hosts and their station management remain mouthpieces eager to repeat the lines Trump inserts," the ex-CIA analyst argued.

It "wouldn't have worked by the way because it only blows sometimes and lots of problems come about," President Donald Trump said about wind power.