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Fox News apologized for fabricated quotes attributed to John Kerry in an article on its website during the 2004 presidential campaign, [308] stating that the piece was a joke which accidentally appeared on the website. [309] Fox News aired a segment celebrating a 14-year-old transgender boy in California. Several conservative commentators ...
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Sep. 12—Social media disinformation that is playing a major role in mistrust among some Lahaina fire survivors was stoked by China—including a claim that the fire started from secret ...
The fire on Aug. 8, 2023, claimed at least 102 lives and destroyed more than 2,000 structures in the historic town of Lahaina, making it one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history. The blaze ...
In early November 2016, fake news sites and Internet forums falsely implicated the restaurant Comet Ping Pong and Democratic Party figures as part of a fictitious child trafficking ring, which was dubbed "Pizzagate". [55] The conspiracy theory was debunked by the fact-checking website Snopes.com, The New York Times, and Fox News.
A 300-page report unveiled by the County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety (MFD) on Wednesday, Oct. 2, found that the origin of the fire, which began at 6:34 a.m. on Aug. 8, 2023 ...
The fire arrived with such fury that even the ocean couldn’t offer refuge. Initial reports suggested as many as 100 people sought safety in the water amid flying embers and falling ash, as ...
Fake news is false or misleading information presented as news. [10] [16] The term as it developed in 2017 is a neologism (a new or re-purposed expression that is entering the language, driven by culture or technology changes). [17]