Politifact and Facebook have now spent six weeks chasing the phantom of “fake news” and found the problem inherent in the human species. People, by and large, are prone to believe what […]
We want fake news
Who to trust?
Trump and the media: The dishonest versus the untruthful and everything between
Who to trust
Commentary Add “stealth editing” to the credibility problems facing journalism in these days of fake news, false news, slanted news, biased news and all the other variations on “news” that leave many […]
Coming in 2017
Most journalists like to end the year looking back because, well, it’s easy: Cobble together some old stories; throw them online; and go drink. At craigmedred.news, however, we don’t like […]
Just fake enough
Commentary Enough with all this fretting about “fake news.” Let’s talk about what’s really irritating as a news consumer: Click baiting. It’s everywhere, and it’s almost enough make you stop reading news […]
The truth police
Commentary The new truthers have latched onto “fake news,” and the need to clean up the internet. It is a good and holy cause, but the people invested in this idea are […]
Time to stand up
Commentary If journalists are truly concerned about “fake news” or “false news,” there is a simple solution. Call out the people doing shoddy journalism and explain why readers should be concerned as […]
Trust no one
One of the biggest stories in the news this weekend was a Washington Post report that the Russian government was behind a lot of “fake news” in the run up to U.S. […]
#Journalism’slastdays
Commentary “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo American journalism is dying, and it’s about time journalists own up to their part in this disaster. Time to peer in […]
