— watchdog websites used the fake news label before the 2016 presidential election to identify misinformation, meaning false information, in news stories and other places across the internet. 2 their research uncovered the fake news subset of disinformation, meaning falsehoods deliberately disseminated to serve the purposes of the distributors.  — in an age where misinformation proliferates rapidly, the integrity of journalism is under unprecedented scrutiny.

 — however, because of their thoroughness, factcheck and others like it only cover a relatively limited number of items compared to the flood of articles showing media bias, as well as fake news on social media and forwarded via email.  — as of 2017, 93 percent of americans say they receive news online. 1 when asked where they got online news in the last two hours, 36 percent named a news organization website or app;  — other explanations, which we will explore later in this section, include the trust that comes through being able to compare multiple sources (12%), and the role of regulators and members of the audience in keeping the news media honest (accountability, 4%). (2) the roles news.  — when corporate, often politicized entities create fake newspapers in communities without their own in order to control the news agenda, it’s called “pink slime news. ” and its purveyors have made a significant target of environmental and.

(2) the roles news.  — when corporate, often politicized entities create fake newspapers in communities without their own in order to control the news agenda, it’s called “pink slime news. ” and its purveyors have made a significant target of environmental and.