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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.
In March 2012, following the death of Breitbart News founder Andrew Breitbart, Bannon became executive chairman of Breitbart News LLC, the parent company of Breitbart News. [73] [74] [75] Under his leadership, Breitbart ' s editorial tone became more nationalistic, and also became increasingly friendly to the alt-right. [76]
TruNews is an American far-right [2] fake news website [1] and channel owned and hosted by Rick Wiles. TruNews frequently publishes conspiracy theories [12] [13] [14] in addition to racist, anti-LGBT, antisemitic, and Islamophobic content. [11] It has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
In December Facebook and Twitter disabled a global network of 900 pages, groups and accounts sending pro-Trump messages. The fake news accounts managed to avoid detection as being inauthentic, and they used photos generated with the aid of artificial intelligence. The campaign was based in the U.S. and Vietnam.
Rebel News (also known as The Rebel Media and The Rebel) is a Canadian far-right [2] political and social commentary media website operated by Rebel News Network Ltd. It has been described as a "global platform" for the anti-Muslim ideology known as counter-jihad .
InfoWars Type of site Fake news Far-right politics Conspiracy theories Available in English Owner Alex Jones (via Free Speech Systems LLC) URL infowars.com Registration None Launched March 6, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-03-06) Current status Active InfoWars is an American far-right conspiracy theory and fake news website owned by Alex Jones. [37] It was founded in 1999, and operates under Free ...
In 2010, Johnson began contributing opinion pieces to the opinion website Breitbart. In 2011, he was hired as a full-time worker for conservative media website TheBlaze. [6] Johnson speaking at the 2014 International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington, D.C. In 2012, Johnson became a staff writer at BuzzFeed. [7]
The term "fake news" has been weaponized with the goal of undermining public trust in news media. [157] President Donald Trump seized on the term "fake news" [163] [164] as a way of denigrating any story or outlet critical of him, even appearing to claim to have invented the term [165] and handing out so-called "Fake News Awards" in 2017. [166]