Tag: fake news
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MUST WATCH: Dr. Steve Pieczenik: We Did The Counter-Coup Through E-mails And Assange
A very wide-ranging interview that will help you understand what’s going on behind the scenes during a very confusing time in American history. ________All opinions my own. – By Dannielle Blumenthal, Ph.D.
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How To Identify #FakeNews
This morning an article ran across my feed that was pretty attention-getting, to say the least. It purported to “prove” that during the Presidential campaign, the Clinton camp had paid some high-profile Republicans off to trash Donald Trump. Two variations of the headline are out there: “6 Republicans Who Took Secret Payments From Clinton To…
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The Most Troubling Thing About "Fake News"
As a professional communicator, I am well aware that our primary social institutions both make and distribute fake news. Politicians do it. What is political messaging, really, if not the promulgation of a narrative that twists the facts in service of an agenda? Governments do it. It’s called “disinformation,” “psychological operations,” and “propaganda.” The news…
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The Astonishing Hypocrisy of “Fake News”
President Obama lied, openly, intentionally, and repeatedly, to the American public and to Congress in order to make sure that a nuclear deal with Iran was struck. His speechwriter, Ben Rhodes, called this “the narrative.” Rhodes explained that most reporters are twenty-somethings who will basically believe anything released through the D.C. “echo chamber.” So it…
2016 Diary - Dannielle Blumenthal 