I think fake news is a real problem but it's hard because there is no obvious solution.
But it wasn't so long ago — December 2016 — that Zuckerberg inflamed critics by calling it «pretty crazy» to
think fake news could have had any influence on the U.S. election, among other foot - in - mouth moments.
He described it as «a pretty crazy idea» to
think fake news on Facebook could have swayed the election.
Not exact matches
«I don't
think CNN is
fake news,» she said.
«The quickest way to I
think refute the fact that this surely had no impact is why do you
think there would be
fake news on one side or the other.
Zuckerberg said Thursday that «voters make decisions based on their lived experience,» continuing, «Part of what I
think is going on here is people are trying to understand results of the election, but I do
think that there is a certain profound lack of empathy in asserting that the only reason that some of them are voting the way they did is because they saw some
fake news.
«You know, personally, I
think the idea that
fake news on Facebook — it's a very small amount of the content — influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea,» he told Techonomy founder David Kirkpatrick, author of «The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World.»
On Thursday, Facebook announced a plan to deal with the proliferation of
fake news: Third - party fact - checkers will flag what they think are false stories, and then Facebook will decide whether or not to demote them in people's News Fe
news: Third - party fact - checkers will flag what they
think are false stories, and then Facebook will decide whether or not to demote them in people's
News Fe
News Feeds.
As for Tillerson's reported «moron» «comment, the president said, «I
think it's
fake news.
But I've come to
think that the rise of
fake news — and of the cheap - to - run, ideologically driven aggregator sites that are only a few steps up from
fake — has weaponized those filter bubbles.
I actually tend to agree with Zuckerberg's post-election comment — which he since apologized for — that it was «crazy» to
think that «
Fake News» influenced the election; my view is that
Fake News is a symptom of a far more serious problem: filter bubbles.
«I
think a lot of the discourse that I see around
fake news, for example, is grounded in anecdotes, right?
At a conference days after the U.S. presidential election, Zuckerberg dismisses concerns about Facebook's role in its outcome: «Personally, I
think the idea that
fake news on Facebook, of which it's a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea.»
I
think the answer to Breitbart is not going to be let's do more aggressive
fake news on the left.
But while the majority of UK journalists agree
fake news is making people more sceptical about the content they read, a startling 93 % are unsure what it means for their publication — or
think its impact has been «neutral».
«But it's clear now we didn't do enough — focus enough on preventing abuse and
thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well, and that goes for
fake news, foreign interference and hate speech, in addition to application developers and data privacy.»
«We didn't focus enough on preventing abuse and
thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well, and that goes for
fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy.»
I
thought it should be clear by now that the Chinese coin ban were
fake news.
In the age of
fake news there's one comforting
thought.
And again, thank you Fox
Fake News for making America's trailer trash even dumber than anyone
thought possible.
I don't
think this is
fake news at all!
For all those UK midwives feeling hammered this week by
Fake News remember «
thinking is difficult which is why most people judge» #ENOUGH!
Besides, lots of
news is
fake news anyway, so we don't want our precious children exposed to ideas that might encourage them to
think for themselves.
Not taking into account that
fake news is probably as old as the mass media (
think of the party newspapers in 1920s Germany, for example), it is also nothing new online.
Guess he
thinks the Census produces
fake news.»
- Washington reporter Matt Apuzzo said that he «knew if people actually saw us putting out the newspaper, it would be harder for them to
think that we were part of some deep state trying to produce
fake news.»
In a related sense, Berinsky
thinks, solutions to matters of truth and falsehood in the current — and highly polarized — political moment may need to have a similar partisan structure, due to the blizzard of claims and counterclaims about truth, falsehoods, «
fake news,» and more.
Chaillet says he's troubled by the rise in
fake news and uncritical
thinking, even among his own relatives.
If you
think you've never shared
fake news, I have more bad
news.
You wouldn't
think that
fake news would be controversial.
Today we're talking about a topic that fascinates me personally: how to learn critical
thinking in an age that accepts the latest meme or «
fake news» without question.
I am sure that you don't actually believe that it's ok to call anything unfavorable «
fake news», but I
thought I'd share my perspective / opinion regarding the term's use in the title and first paragraph (even regardless of what the interview was about).
Dr. McDougall sued the FDA over this (I
think) That
fake news comes from rat research.Rats double their weight every few weeks and have different protein requirements.
So I
think again that with the proliferation and democratization of technology and information, information, especially in these world of
fake news and journalism under fire and truth seemingly being malleable, I
think it's so important to have people like RBSS who are fighting for the truth and are exposing the truth and that's what we have to do.
And in the case of The Post, I can
think of no movie that is more important for a time when the assault on freedom of the press and journalistic integrity is being drilled into people's heads with the attack phrase «
fake news.»
Media manipulation and
fake news aren't new, and many teachers already facilitate lessons and activities focused on building critical
thinking skills around media.
Because instruction in critical
thinking for media literacy is vital when cultivating awareness of digital citizenship, incorporating lessons on
fake news presents a timely opportunity for student engagement.
Most educators would agree that their students are not well - skilled in critical
thinking and less likely to be aware that
fake news even exists.
With all the talk of
fake news, you might
think that the test is new, but it was created about a decade ago and now teachers and librarians nationwide are using it to help students identify reliable sources of information.
And to
think... people actually have the nerve to question why
Fake News and Trolls are so effective.
There is also the very relevant theme that the
news is edited and curated - in the current era of so - called «
fake news» I
think we are all questioning our
news sources (or if we are not, we should be).
Unfortunately, I still
think this rally can be a head -
fake because the bad economic
news continues to pour onto the
news on a daily basis.
I
think the anti cat people were the originators of «
fake news».
News for you: All the
fake «rescues» confirmed on their FB pages that they do indeed do this and
think is it is 100 % fine to do so.
News flash: All the
fake «rescues» confirmed on their FB pages that they do indeed do this and
think is it is 100 % fine to do so.
Given the heated protests that preceded the April 2017 event at the Georgia World Congress Center and the «
fake news media» narrative some have embraced, I
thought covering it might be awkward.
If you
think a statement such as «millions will lose health insurance» is
fake news, swipe left.
Artnet
News's Ben Davis doesn't think so, criticising Melamid's argument as «fake news disguised as real talk&raq
News's Ben Davis doesn't
think so, criticising Melamid's argument as «
fake news disguised as real talk&raq
news disguised as real talk».
Jonathan T.D. Neil considers whether Bruno Latour can help with
fake news; J.J. Charlesworth gets tired and emotional about emotionalism in art and politics; Maria Lind reports on the state of art - making in a tense and anxious Egypt; Christian Viveros - Fauné considers the legacy of art interventionists General Idea; and,
thinking about dead language, Heather Phillipson wants to wake up in a time and place that's not yet written
Cally Spooner presented a reading from her novel in progress, interspersed with some unwritten
thoughts for 2017, on states of rehearsal, Galileo's telescope, out - of - work speech writers, sweat, shame, structured reality,
fake news, false tears and outsourcing