Showing posts with label call for defining what "fake news" is and is not. Show all posts
Showing posts with label call for defining what "fake news" is and is not. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Stop Calling Everything “Fake News”; Slate, 12/6/16

Will Oremus, Slate; Stop Calling Everything “Fake News” :
"Two months ago, almost no one was talking about fake news. A Google Trends search for the term shows that it barely registered before October. Now you can hardly turn on the real news without hearing it.
Fake news is a real, specific problem. But in all the furor around who’s making it, who’s sharing it, its impact, and how to stop it, it’s easy to lose sight of something more fundamental: what it is. The broader the definition, the less useful the concept becomes—and it’s already verging on counterproductive."