by David W. Moore on Nov 30, 2016
Poll Discrepancies as Justification for Vote Recount
Part of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s justification for a vote recount in Pennsylvania is the “discontinuity between pre-election...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2016
Ivanka Trump would Mace Donald Trump? Quote is a Conan O’Brien Joke, not a real Ivanka Trump Quote
Fake news has been a major topic of discussion this month. Despite the significant attention devoted to the problem of...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 28, 2016
3 Sean Hannity Episodes were Biased, Showed ‘Overwhelmingly One-Sided View’ of Trump, UK Broadcast Regulator Says
Three August episodes of Sean Hannity's program on Fox News were biased in their coverage of the U.S. election, the...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2016
Fake News Roundup: PepsiCo Didn’t Ditch Trump Supporters
BuzzFeed's Craig Silverman reported this week that "viral fake election news outperformed real news on Facebook in final months of...
by David W. Moore on Nov 16, 2016
Why the Exit Polls Sow Doubt About the Vote Count
By now, only a first-time visitor to planet Earth might wonder why everyone is angry with pollsters. Prior to the...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 11, 2016
Huffington Post drops editor’s note calling Trump liar, xenophobe, racist, misogynist, birther
In the midst of the calling of the U.S. presidential election, the Huffington Post said it would stop posting its...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 08, 2016
LA Times Ends Relationship with Steven Borowiec after ‘Trump’s Life End’ tweet
The Los Angeles Times cut ties with freelancer Steven Borowiec after he tweeted "I would rather see Donald Trump's life...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 04, 2016
3 Fake Political Stories: Hannity Corrects Clinton Twitter story, Obama photo fake & Chris Matthews didn’t Endorse Trump
In the past week, there have been a few fake political stories circulating related to the U.S. election and presidency....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2016
Billy Bush out at NBC after Trump tape
Billy Bush, a Today show host, officially left NBC less than two weeks after the Washington Post posted a recording of him...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2016
Fox Business Network’s Lou Dobbs says sorry for tweeting personal info of Jessica Leeds, Trump accuser
Lou Dobbs, a Fox Business Network anchor, apologized on Twitter for sharing the phone number and address of Jessica Leeds,...