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The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.
Fake news websites target United States audiences by using disinformation to create or inflame controversial topics such as the 2016 election. [1][2] Most fake news websites target readers by impersonating or pretending to be real news organizations, which can lead to legitimate news organizations further spreading their message. [3]
Conspiracy theorists say that the films of the missions were made using sets similar to this training mockup. Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly with the aid of other organizations. The most notable claim of these conspiracy ...
Comprobado (hosted by Maldita.es). [138] Miniver.org: the first fact-checking web in Spain, launched in 2017, with the purpose of debunking fake news. Accredited by Google as fact-checking organization. [139] Newtral: Spanish fact-checking organization founded by journalist Ana Pastor from LaSexta.
Fake news – a neologism to describe stories that are just not true, like Pizzagate, and a term now co-opted to characterize unfavorable news – has given new urgency to the teaching of media literacy. ^ abcdeAllcott, Hunt; Gentzkow, Matthew (May 1, 2017). "Social media and fake news in the 2016 Election".
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The New York Times has defined "fake news" on the internet as fictitious articles deliberately fabricated to deceive readers, generally with the goal of profiting through clickbait. [31] PolitiFact has described fake news as fabricated content designed to fool readers and subsequently made viral through the Internet to crowds that increase its ...
This fake news website mostly consists of celebrity gossip and death hoaxes, but a few of its other stories were disseminated on social media. When the site was up it said that it was "a combination of real shocking news and satire news" and that articles were for "entertainment and satirical purposes" only. [9] [9] [25] News Hound news-hound ...