fake news

fake news

1. Fabricated news reports presented as authentic. As they aim to drive web traffic to the providing website, they often have provocative headlines. That story is clearly fake news, spreading lies in support of a thinly-veiled political agenda.
2. By extension, any news report that one judges to be biased or inaccurate. That article came from a legitimate site, so you can't just dismiss it as fake news.
See also: fake, news
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • clickbait
  • your mom
  • FAQ
  • a modest proposal
  • don't believe everything you read
  • screamer
  • the tea is piping hot
  • real McCoy, the
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oversight of fake news have suggested that platforms should monitor
aBulgarian Presidency of the EU Council, too, fell victim to fake news, we were subjected to cyber attacks every day.
Questioning information is good, but ignoring or rejecting evidence because it suits already formed beliefs is not critical thinking." A further quotation from journalist Stephanie Busari is side-barred: "Everybody, you and I we have a role to play (in stopping the spread of fake news).
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There are some people who use social media and blogs to create and spread fake news as those media have enormous power to spread fake news based on algorithms.
Tsai called on the public to do three things: fact-check, don't spread, and help clarify, as a means to combat fake news.
"Half of the exhibit is devoted to the history of fake news, going back centuries, hoaxes and propaganda throughout the centuries," said Campbell.
Hence, authorities are in a fix in cracking down on fake news providers.
'But there is a need to fight fake news, be it on social media or mainstream media.
Inspectors will use the app to collect digital evidence of fake news and other potential illegal campaign activities, according to the National Election Commission (NEC).
As per details, SC resumed hearing of sou motu notice pertaining to LHC's ban and termed the fake news as second 'attack on judiciary'.
Executive Director of Alex Media Forum Ahmed Essmat- Egypt Today/Rehab Ismail CAIRO - 15 April 2018: A phenomenon that has been plaguing the journalism profession in the past few years, fake news, misinformation and rumors have become a challenge with the advent of social media.
David Hutt | Tribune News Service THE Malaysian lawyer and human rights activist R Sivarasa once noted, with a right mixture of sarcasm and pathos, that his country's constitution guarantees freedom of speech,"but not freedom after speech." Such contortionism is now to become even more distorted as the Malaysian government passed a new law outlawing fake news, a piece of legislation hurried through parliament ahead of an upcoming general election and so egregious that it could be the final blow to free speech in Malaysia, which, as it is, has long been tempered with hushed tones and calculated risk.
The term 'fake news' has gained prominence in recent years thanks to US President Donald Trump's attacks against the media during the 2016 US election.
His overriding fear seems to be that Russian interference and the "fake news" it promoted would undermine the legitimacy of his election win.