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Attributing the profession of journalist to a fictional character allows many possibilities for the author: reporters may travel extensively and face adventures (like Tintin), are among the first to have news of disasters and crimes (like Clark "Superman" Kent and Peter "Spider-Man" Parker), and are supposed to be good at establishing communication.
Name Domain Status Notes Sources American News americannews.com Defunct Published a false story claiming actor Denzel Washington endorsed Donald Trump for U.S. president. The fictional headline led to thousands of people sharing it on Facebook, a prominent example of fake news spreading on the social network prior to the 2016 presidential election.
Fake news online was brought to the attention of Canadian politicians in November 2016, as they debated helping assist local newspapers. [124] Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre Hedy Fry specifically discussed fake news as an example of ways in which publishers on the Internet are less accountable than print media. [124]
The teenagers in Veles, for example, produced stories favoring both Trump and Clinton that earned them tens of thousands of dollars. [38] Some fake news providers seek to advance candidates they favor. The Romanian man who ran endingthefed.com, for example, claims that he started the site mainly to help Donald Trump's campaign. [15]
Official name Notes Globalist's Club for NO Growth [151] Club for Growth: Conservative organization Clinton News Network [152] [i] CNN: Multinational cable news channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery: Fake News CNN [154] [j] Low ratings CNN [156] Communist Left [157] Democratic Party: American political party Democrat Party [158] [k] Lunatic ...
Alan Smithee, name used by film directors who wish to disown a project. Andreas Karavis, nonexistent Greek poet. B. Traven, adventure novelist. Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakhstani journalist created by Sacha Baron Cohen, see also Ali G and Brüno Gehard. Buck Hammer, a fictitious blues pianist created by comedian and musician Steve Allen.
#2A, meaning Second Amendment, popped up in the bios of 4,320 Trump followers, compared to 585 Clinton followers. Then there’s #MolonLabe , a Greek phrase meaning “come and take [them],” which, legend has it, was the Spartan king Leonidas’ response when the Persian army told him and his army to lay down their weapons.
Fake news can reduce the impact of real news by competing with it. For example, a BuzzFeed News analysis found that the top fake news stories about the 2016 U.S. presidential election received more engagement on Facebook than top stories from major media outlets. [13] It also particularly has the potential to undermine trust in serious media ...