Fake News
Understood
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
4. Negligence
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
