Fake News – Insights from Polls
Several new polls grant us insights into the current public thinking regarding sources of fake news. The deep-rooted partisan gulf remains.
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Claim: British public turn to prayer
Guardian has run with a click-bait headline concerning prayer that is debunked by actually reading the article under that headline.
The NASA #BroomstickChallenge
One of the latest viral Crazes doing the rounds is the #BroomstickChallenge. It is not new, just a rehash of an old egg balancing claim.
Bots: 25% of Climate tweets are fake
The Guardian reports that as many as 25% of climate related tweets are bots. How can you tell if a twitter account is human or a bot?
News Corp Climate Denial
Rupert Murdoch, the founder and chairman behind a vast media empire commonly known as News Corp, recently made this public statement … “there are no climate change deniers around I can assure you” The context here was the corporation’s AGM in New York. Australian activist shareholder Stephen Mayne had asked … “What do you believe … Read more News Corp Climate Denial
Fake News Claim: arson responsible for Bushfires
A great deal of disinformation and Fake News regarding the Australian Bushfires is in circulation. This appears to be a deleberate campaign.