Tag / Fake News
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Top five ways to spot fake news
Understanding the difference between fake news and misinformation allows journalists to be able to properly talk about the problem. Continue Reading Top five ways to spot fake news
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Live Blog: Did technology kill truth—or set it free?
CJF J-Talk tackles the impact technology has on the dissemination of information. Continue Reading Live Blog: Did technology kill truth—or set it free?
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![Fake news, or fabricated content deceptively presented as real news, has garnered a lot of interest since the U.S. presidential election last fall. Photo courtesy of Evgeny Belikov/CC BY 2.0.]()
The real consequences of fake news
Fake news, or fabricated content deceptively presented as real news, has garnered a lot of interest since the U.S. presidential election last fall. Continue Reading The real consequences of fake news
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![MP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke spoke about the government’s recent payment of $10.5 million to Omar Khadr in this video posted on July 10. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
CJFE condemns MP’s ‘fake news’ attack on media
MP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke spoke about the government’s recent payment of $10.5 million to Omar Khadr in the video. Continue Reading CJFE condemns MP’s ‘fake news’ attack on media
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Not fake news
Mainstream media can still effect social change. Continue Reading Not fake news
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![Fake news has always been with us and people have always made money from it. Image courtesy of Ted Rheingold/CC BY-NC 2.0.]()
Are Canadians really falling for fake news?
By Christopher Waddell, Publisher I have been a grocery shopper for about 40 years. During that time in checkout lines I have read about cars that can run on water that the… -
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Journalism needs to focus on accuracy, fairness and independence
By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail Words matter, accuracy matters, fairness matters, independence matters. With journalism under attack these days south of the border, journalists need to focus on the…
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Toronto Star Public Editor: The facts about fake news
By Kathy English for the Toronto Star There is nothing new about critical readers expressing their concerns about what they read in the Star in strong words. My in-box, and those of…
