The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

Obama also said Trump’s suggestion of a “rigged election” was unheard-of. “I have never seen in my lifetime or in modern political history any presidential candidate trying to discredit the elections and the election process before votes have even taken place,” said Obama in the October 2016 news conference. “It’s unprecedented.” (Except that Hilla

A final example from Message Matters shows just how dishonest its messaging could be: ATTACK: “Health reform is pushing employers to not offer health insurance benefits at all.” RESPONSE: With the health law in place, 98 percent of workers who get coverage through their work are expected to keep their plans. In fact, the claim that 98 percent of wo

the end, Blumenthal’s efforts don’t get Hillary to the White House in 2008. And they come back to haunt him when Obama ends up president. Obama appoints Hillary as secretary of state and she wants Blumenthal to be one of her top aides. But high-ranking Obama officials threaten to quit if Blumenthal is allowed into the administration after what he’s

A big part of Trump’s madcap act is his ability to land an unrepentant counterpunch.

Hasson says once hired at Snopes, LaCapria wrote “fact checks” that read more like an opinion column.

Selling this fabricated narrative to the public requires Blumenthal’s mastery. Clinton is delighted when, three days after the Benghazi attacks, Blumenthal emails her an article that his son, Max, has written for the British Guardian newspaper, focusing attention on the false narrative that blames the video. It’s titled “Inside the Strange Hollywoo

My sources also tell me that, historically, they consider China to be a more egregious offender. If you’ve watched politics long enough, you may remember the scandal broken by the Washington Post in 1996. The Post reported evidence of China directing contributions to the DNC during the presidential campaign between Bill Clinton and Republican Bob D

it’s clear that liberals, who are first to heavily promote the phrase “fake news,” mean to reference conservative misinformation and right-wing websites. And there’s certainly plenty of that. Agence France-Presse declares matter-of-factly that it’s the right wing that’s guilty of fake news, and that Obama has been plagued by eight years of “false s

The media widely reports bogus witness accounts of Brown getting shot