Understanding Fake News
Intended
Fake News:
lying,
a Modern Name
for Yellow
Journalism
Unintended:
inadequate, inappropriate information
for or against a subjective topic.
Index
Prelude
Understanding Fake News
Fake News Warnings
Fake News Explored
The Demand and Supply
of Misinformation
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Prelude:
1. Beware of Media Bias
See: Media Negativity 4 min video
2. Beware of Personal Bias
3. Beware of
Weasel Words
Weasel
words&anonymous
authority
are
words&phrases
sounding
specific&meaningful
when a
vague&ambiguous
claim has been made. Examples include the phrases "some people say,"
"most people think”, and "researchers believe". These phrases allow
one to later deny any specific meaning if the statement is
challenged because the statement was never specific in the first
place.
Distinguishing Trumpisms from Fake News, 
The capacity of humans for perilous mental contortions to align their agendas
with their self-professed moral values will probably never cease to amaze me.
Our ability to cherry-pick facts and factoids is also something to behold.
.
"
@BallouxFrancois
Exaggerations and Lies
is Worth the Effort
Intended Fake News
is lying,
a modern name
for
Yellow
journalism,
Propaganda
Unintended
Fake News
is not
“deliberate
online falsehoods” i.e.. Lies.
Definition inadequate, inappropriate information for or against a subjective topic.
Unintended is more Subliminal than Intended Fake News.
Causes:
1. Judgment
Clouded by bias
For
or Against
2. Subject Ignorance
3. Ease of Audience Acceptance
Harmful Applications
1) Education, Economics, Military, Politics, Political
Correctness
2) Ignorance
dominates
political correctness
3) Prejudice against
dominates race relations
4) Poor or inappropriate data
analysis
Not as Harmful Applications
Sports
Most Dangerous Examples:
1)
Politics: Excessive personality traits dominate
2)
Education: Academic achievement dominates usefulness
3)
Economics
need for legitimacy dominates application
4)
Political Correctness
dominates reasonableness
5) Ease of Audience Acceptance
allows it to exist
1)
Politics: Understanding Policy Should Replace Personality
explores Trumpisms, what are poor lies vs. poor communication.
2)
Education
curriculum based on a student's special intelligence,
what
student's do well.
3) Wage Stagnation Federal Debt Inflation
4) Covid19 Media Caused Hysteria?
5. Political Correctness of Politics
6)
Sports)
explores Belichick's Coaching and Patriots,
Celtics
and Red Sox Ownership.
7.
Fake News From Economic Statistics
results in misdirected policy.
8.
National Debt Used to Control Constituents
politicians and Media propagate
prejudice, allow strong personalities and
ease of audience acceptance to avoid policy questions
media doesn't understand
economists follow their prejudice
