Both during his campaign and after his inauguration, President Trump has had a constant line of animosity toward the free flow of news and information. He derides outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN, among others, as “failing,” and consistently uses the term “fake news” to describe any stories that conflict with his narrative – from the crowd size at his inauguration to confirmed reports that his national security adviser had spoken to Russian officials before he took office.
Category: Journalism
March 9, birthdays for Clint Dempsey, Brittany Snow, Matt Barnes
ON THIS DAY IN 1953, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Four Nabbed in Hijacking of TV Tubes.” “Blumberg returned from the warehouse office, where he had his bill of lading checked, to find guns pointing in his face.
What counts as a hoax and the Voynich Manuscript debate
An “ultracrepidarian” is “someone who gives an opinion on things s/he knows nothing about,” according to “10 Words Every Book Lover Should Know,” an online article by Oliver Tearle.
Newsrooms are making leaking easier-and more secure-than ever
A growing number of disaffected government insiders have been approaching journalists to share information anonymously since the election in November and the inauguration just over a month ago. In response, news organizations have made it safer and easier for potential whistleblowers by actively encouraging them to use a variety of secure communication channels.
Watch – Hidden Fences’ Flub Resurface at Oscars 2017 Red…
It didn’t take long for fictional Best Picture contender “Hidden Fences” to pop up at the Oscars 2017 red carpet. During a discussion about diversity at this year’s awards ceremony, People Magazine editor and host of ABC’s red carpet pre-show Jess Cagle said, “You’ve got a record number of black actors nominated this year and you’ve also got three incredible documentaries about the African-American experience.
Theater Mode Comes to Apple Watch
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Fake News Inquiry: Old Wine in New Bottles
Any inquiry into fake news is much like having a Royal Commission into the make up and motivation for Halal food. Neither mission is particularly helpful, other than to illustrate a mounting ignorance about a phenomenon that always was.
Thata s not true: Stand guard against interneta s fake news virus
“Fear of foreigners” headlines from the 1920s warned Americans about the peril of alien invaders from Europe. During 1941, our country declared war against Japan and hysteria swept across the nation; truth became the first casualty of war and anyone who “looked” like the enemy became the enemy with sightings of “Jap” planes over our Valley.
MS Making a Foldable Tablet-Phone?
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Iain Macwhirter: Section 40 could destroy the press, while new media runs wild
Former FIA racing chief Max Mosley arrives at the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in London January 16, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth THE British press, for good or ill, has been free from state regulation for over 300 years.
Jane Bradley: Handwriting has all but disappeared
On this day 141 years ago, an article published in the Portobello Advertiser revealed the writer’s consternation at a new-fangled invention which had recently made its way into the consciousness of citizens of the United Kingdom. “If the use of the machine becomes general, handwriting will be as completely superseded as handsewing and the value of our present elementary teaching will be much modified,” the columnist warned.
Letters: Where’s the proof of Russian hacking?
The Inquirer joins those blaming Hillary Clinton’s defeat, in part on “a cyberespionage and information-warfare campaign” . But no U.S. intelligence authority suggests that the emails exposed were false or doctored, or that the Russians, or anyone else, hacked into the U.S. electoral system.
Second DDoS attack on Drudge Report heralds chaos to come
For the second time in a week, the Drudge Report website — which has been seen as favorable to Donald Trump’s unheralded election to the presidency — apparently suffered a Distributed Denial of Service attack and was temporarily off the internet. Millions of readers were thus unable to log on to the website amid fears that it was targeted by cyber criminals over even the United States government.
Erasing the News: Should some stories be forgotten?
In September 2016, a newly formed committee of four editors at the Tampa Bay Times hosted the first of what will be quarterly meetings to develop policies for requests to remove or alter stories in online archives. This is yet another disruptive twist for journalism in the digital age: the possibility of erasing the historical record.
Two conflicting stories of our economic future as we head into 2017: Don Pittis
Robert Gordon’s 2016 book says the growth days are over, but Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna’s work, also published this year, promises a dynamic if dangerous future. Don Pittis was a forest firefighter and a ranger in Canada’s High Arctic islands.