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News Media Bias
Myth: A sizeable number of Americans believe that news media have a liberal bias.
Fact: When you believe things that aren’t true, the truth sounds like bias.
We have not only a right, but a responsibility to be wary of biased news media. But healthy skepticism has been transmuted into the widely-held belief that mainstream news media have an obvious liberal bias and a mission to spread left-wing propaganda. Even popular culture icons from Hollywood to the NFL are commonly thought to despise America and contribute to that bias.
Where does credibility end and sensationalism begin when it comes to the news? Are opinion pieces the new fact-based reporting? And how can we tell the difference?
Bad News Isn’t Rigged News: Sometimes It’s Just the Truth
In his most recent attack on the tech sector, President Trump accused Google of suppressing conservative news outlets. Unfortunately for Trump, Google isn’t going to censor the press just to protect his ego.
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Fake News Producers Are Getting Smarter
After public outcry, and even Congressional investigation, of how the spread of fake news influenced the 2016 election, you’d think that the poison of false news has more or less been excised. But you’d be wrong. Fake news producers have only gotten smarter about spreading propaganda.
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Twitter CEO Explains Why Alex Jones Was Suspended
Alex Jones was issued a seven-day suspension by Twitter for violating the social media company’s rules against inciting violence. The decision, according to The New York Times, was made after Jones tweeted a link to a video calling for supporters to get their “battle rifles” ready against the media and “fake news.”
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Parody Peter Strzok Twitter Fooled Many—Including Us
A tweet from an account purporting to be that of fired FBI agent Peter Strzok fooled many on the left, proving that liberals are not immune to confirmation bias, either. Find out what you can do to keep yourself from being fooled by bogus social media accounts.
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Is It News or Propaganda? Examining the Impact of Fox News
Fox News has always claimed to be a “fair and balanced” media outlet, but that claim has always been untrue. As Judd Legum noted in a lengthy exposé at Popular Information, Fox “has effectively transformed into a state-run propaganda network,” and its propaganda serves to promote one man above all others: Donald Trump.
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Fact-Checking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Since her surprise primary victory over incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become something of a media star. She’s given quite a few interviews, but the Washington Post fact-checked statements she made and found that some of them were not true.
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Facebook Bans Dozens of ‘Inauthentic’ Accounts
On July 31, 2018, Facebook announced that it had identified a political influence campaign that was likely designed to sway the midterm elections. The social media giant detected and removed a total of 32 fake accounts and pages that had engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior.”
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Mueller-Trump Interview Delayed by Legal Wrangling
Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to interview President Trump about potential obstruction of justice in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. However, the president’s legal team is doing its best to delay and narrow the scope of the questioning.
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Do Bernie Sanders and the Left Endorse Venezuelan Socialism?
The truth is, Sanders neither wanted nor sought any endorsements from anyone involved in what is known as “Bolivarian socialism”—a system that uses wealth confiscation and state seizure of private property in pursuit of a socialist state modeled on Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
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Democrats Mostly Choosing Moderates Over Progressives
According to the Brookings Institution, a mere 22 percent of progressive candidates have won their primaries so far. With only 19 states left to hold their primaries, leading Democrats are working hard to garner last-minute support.
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