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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.
Teyit: independent fact-checking organization based in Turkey and a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network’s Code of Principles and is one of the partners of First Draft News. [198] [199] Doğruluk Payı: independent fact-checking organization that focuses on verifying the factual accuracy of statements by Turkish politicians. [199]
Media Bias/Fact Check ( MBFC) is an American website founded in 2015 by Dave M. Van Zandt. [ 1] It considers four main categories and multiple subcategories in assessing the "political bias" and "factual reporting" of media outlets, [ 2][ 3] relying on a self-described "combination of objective measures and subjective analysis". [ 4][ 5]
AllSides Technologies Inc. is an American company that estimates the perceived political bias of content on online written news outlets. AllSides presents different versions of similar news stories from sources it rates as being on the political right, left, and center, with a mission to show readers news outside their filter bubble and expose ...
Fake news websites played a large part in the online news community during the election, reinforced by extreme exposure on Facebook and Google. [35] Approximately 115 pro-Trump fake stories were shared on Facebook a total of 30 million times, and 41 pro-Clinton fake stories shared a total of 7.6 million times.
Launched. November 1987; 36 years ago. ( 1987-11) [ 1] Current status. Active. AlterNet is a left-leaning news website based in the United States. [ 2][ 3] It was launched by the Independent Media Institute. [ 4] In 2018, the website was acquired by owners of Raw Story .
The site employed more than 150 full-time staff as of 2020. [13] Each regional or national edition of The Conversation is an independent nonprofit or charity funded by various sources such as partnered universities and university systems, governments and other grant awarding bodies, corporate partners, and reader donations. [13] [14] [15]
These sites are not to be confused with fake news websites, which deliberately publish hoaxes in an attempt to profit from gullible readers. [2] [3] News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content.