Forward Party poses similar ideas as ‘Fixing Post-Truth Politics’ book independent voters new political party July 29, 2022July 29, 20220 This week’s announcement of an upstart third United States political party, Forward Party, is very similar to the solution to constant lies by political leaders suggested in the book, “Fixing Post-Truth Politics.” Share this:EmailPrintTweet
Facebook fake news detection hitting publishers in the pocketbook fake news August 3, 2017August 3, 20170 An online news publisher who profits from distributing fake news says a new Facebook alert algorithm is hurting his business. Paul Horner, who owns more than a dozen fake news domains, last month posted a false story that reported that President Trump signed an executive order allowing the hunting of bald
Major TV station ownership group jumps on conservative media bandwagon conservative media July 24, 20170 In the media business, conservative media is one of the few niches where growth is occurring. From the newly published book, "Fixing Post-Truth Politics:" For the past 25 years, conservative talk radio has been a growth industry that has launched well-known personalities other than (Rush) Limbaugh. Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and
Policing ‘fake news’ would be unconstitutional, fraught with peril fake news July 19, 20170 Exposure to fake news has become an everyday occurrence in the lives of people around the globe. One U.S. senator thinks something needs to be done about it. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, spoke to CBS's Face the Nation Sunday morning: JOHN DICKERSON (host): You-
More than 40 percent of Americans unrepresented at the federal level independent voters July 13, 20170 About 40 percent of the American population is unrepresented in the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government, and a group of non-partisan politicians is exploring ways to change that. As many as 44 percent of Americans polled by the Gallup organization this year have classified themselves as political independents
The “Great Sort” of Americans is intensifying political sorting July 12, 20170 The "Great Sort" of Americans into ultra-defined geographies based on political beliefs is intensifying, according to The Hill: As the American electorate grows more diverse, and as a rising generation of millennials begins supplanting formerly dominant baby boomers, two nations that live side by side are increasingly walling themselves off from
Students design plugin to fight ‘selective exposure’ selective exposure July 11, 20170 It’s human nature for people to favor information which reinforces their pre-existing views, while at the same time avoiding contradictory information. It's a primary reason some Americans have developed ultra-strong affiliations with one political party or belief system, while completely discounting the other. Psychologists call the theory “selective exposure,” which is
Trump Tweet Shows Him Pummeling CNN Donald Trump trust in news media July 2, 2017July 2, 20170 “The press is your enemy,” Richard Nixon told the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a taped conversation written about by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in a retrospective of the scandal they exposed in The Washington Post. “Enemies. Understand that? ... Because they’re trying to stick the
Reports reveal Trump published ‘fake news’ of his own Donald Trump fake news June 28, 20170 "Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes." Those are the immortal words of Buck Murdock, played by William Shatner, in the classic 1982 movie, "Airplane II." They apply today to the president of the United States. Six of his last seven tweets, as of 12:15 p.m. Central time Wednesday, June 28, 2017,
‘Selective exposure’ increases vulnerability to falsehoods selective exposure June 25, 20170 On Friday, June 23, NPR's TED Radio Hour turned its attention to the ever-growing topic, "Truth and Lies." TED speakers shared insights on "navigating in a world where even the facts are up for debate." This is one of the focal points of the newly published book, "Fixing Post-Truth Politics": charting