Fake News Story Sets Off Israel-Pakistan Twitter Feud
A fake news story has touched off a tense Twitter confrontation between nuclear power Pakistan and Israel, widely believed to have a nuclear arsenal of its own, in an episode that underlines the potentially harmful impact of such stories in sensitive global affairs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/26/fake-news-story-prompts-pakist...
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2016/12/the-great-fake-news-scare... Fake news has always been around for humor purposes, but the real “fake news” scares happen when the establishment is so used to getting away with lying, that any alternate narrative is demonized as factually false, irresponsible, and dangerous. David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@socialinformatics.org Skype/Twitter: davidstodolsky
On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 03:58:11PM +0100, David Stodolsky wrote:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2016/12/the-great-fake-news-scare...
Fake news has always been around for humor purposes, but the real “fake news” scares happen when the establishment is so used to getting away with lying, that any alternate narrative is demonized as factually false, irresponsible, and dangerous.
It is very interesting to see when "fake news" became important / interesting / something to look out for. https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=fake%20news Cheers, José María Mateos.
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