“Fake news” stories favoring Donald Trump far exceeded those favoring Hillary Clinton but did not have a significant impact on the presidential election, concludes a new survey of social and other media consumption. The study, which also downplays the political impact of social media in general, is co-authored by economists Matthew Gentzkow of Stanford University and Hunt Allcott of New York University.
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The economic efficiency of fake news
Fake news has always had a presence American politics. No less an august figure than Benjamin Franklin partook of the practice.
It’s time to retire the tainted term ‘fake news’
Fake news is a real thing – as evidenced by these wholly invented stories created in Macedonia with the intent of fooling U.S. audiences. But the phrase is now being use as a catch-all insult, and has lost its meaning.
Beyond Fake News: 2016’s Most Disruptive Media Moments
Here’s the biggest understatement of the year: 2016 was the most disruptive moment the mainstream American news media have faced in a very long time. That’s not because so many media outlets misread the presidential election, although that is part of it.
MSM Fake News Alert!!! AOL.Com Editors
The headline above was part of AOL’s main news crawl for Tuesday, December 20, published at 10:17AM. The authors are the AOL.COM EDITORS .