Science says … bad science reporting by Microsoft News should serve as a wake-up call
The example of a recent news item from Microsoft News highlights why people should be acting on their doubts about general news outlets.
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Critical Eye: Do lobby groups and political parties stage fake front group campaigns?
A newspaper article has accused an anti-Safe Schools advocate of staging a fake front group campaign on behalf of the Liberal Party of Australia and the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL).
False news might not be fake news, but the Washington Post still has a problem
The Washington Post was accused of spreading fake news after it published inaccurate reports regarding Russian hacking of the US electricity grid. Is this really fake news?
What YOU can do about fake news
Fake news would cease to be a problem if people stopped falling for it and circulating it, so there’s much that we as media consumers can do.
How the media is going to be, and has been, Trumped
The US media appears doomed to suffer Putin-style media conferences from President Trump. But the media are far from innocent victims.
Questioning the truth in the notion of “post-truth”
Implicit in the terms “post-truth” and “post-truth politics” is the view that the global information landscape has undergone a dramatic and sudden shift. But is this really the case?
What can be done about the growing problem of false online information?
A new platform called “Hoaxy” is showing promise in tackling the growing problem of misinformation online.
Mainstream and social media reaction to the Brussels terror attacks: has anything changed since Paris?
Has the mainstream and social media response to these Brussels terror attacks been any different to the response to the Paris terror attacks?
Paris terror attacks: exploring the mainstream and social media reaction
Have the mainstream media and social media responded appropriately to the Paris terror attacks?