Tag: fake news
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behind tv analysts, pentagon’s hidden hand
from new york times: Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance, an examination by The New York Times has found. The effort, which began with the buildup to the Iraq war and…
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FEMA Apologizes For Fake ‘News Conference’
from msnbc: On Tuesday, FEMA held what was called a “news briefing” on the California fires, but the questions asked did not come from reporters. They were asked instead by FEMA staffers… Apparently, the FEMA briefing was called with little lead-time and reporters didn’t get there fast enough. Instead of acknowledging that reporters were not…
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FCC Fines Comcast For Airing Fake News
from raw story: Cable giant Comcast violated the law by broadcasting video news releases without identifying them as sponsored programming, the Federal Communications Commission announced today. The ruling came in response to a complaint from Free Press and the Center for Media and Democracy, a media watchdog group focusing on VNRs. “In this Notice of…
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new hearings on old military lies part one
from raw story: “Does the U.S. military exaggerate stories, or alter or enhance them?” ABC’s Diane Sawyer asks rhetorically in this video clip, as Congress prepares to hold hearings today on misleading information from the battlefield. ABC senior correspondent Jake Tapper says the Pentagon “spun heroic myths,” such as the ordeal of Pvt. Jessica Lynch,…
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korporate koin
from willamette week: Two local channels have been called out for Rogue-ish behavior by a national media watchdog for airing promotional videos—sometimes masked as news—during news broadcasts. A report released last week by the Wisconsin-based nonprofit Center for Media and Democracy and Free Press listed KPTV-12 and KOIN-6 among 46 stations nationwide that the center…