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https://www.ft.com/content/611d5c90-0a87-11e8-8eb7-42f857ea9f09
Hard right dominates use of fake US news, Oxford study finds
Research increases pressure on Facebook and Twitter to rein in false information
Ultra-rightwing conservatives shared more false stories on Facebook than all other political groups combined in the three months to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last month, independent researchers have found.
Academics at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute analysed the political affiliations and posting patterns of almost 48,000 public Facebook pages and 14,000 Twitter users to identify which groups posted the most misinformation from dubious websites.
The analysis, one of the most extensive studies to date of fake news on social media, is likely to increase the pressure on tech companies to tackle misinformation online, particularly because of its focus on the scope of false information. The researchers found that groups on both extremes of the political spectrum consumed and shared the most junk news in a period between October 2017 and January this year.
However, ultra-rightwing “hard conservatives” shared the most misinformation while accounts that tweeted hashtags favouring Mr Trump dominated junk news posting on Twitter.
Hard right dominates use of fake US news, Oxford study finds
Research increases pressure on Facebook and Twitter to rein in false information
Ultra-rightwing conservatives shared more false stories on Facebook than all other political groups combined in the three months to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last month, independent researchers have found.
Academics at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute analysed the political affiliations and posting patterns of almost 48,000 public Facebook pages and 14,000 Twitter users to identify which groups posted the most misinformation from dubious websites.
The analysis, one of the most extensive studies to date of fake news on social media, is likely to increase the pressure on tech companies to tackle misinformation online, particularly because of its focus on the scope of false information. The researchers found that groups on both extremes of the political spectrum consumed and shared the most junk news in a period between October 2017 and January this year.
However, ultra-rightwing “hard conservatives” shared the most misinformation while accounts that tweeted hashtags favouring Mr Trump dominated junk news posting on Twitter.
Shocker! Pizzagate, birtherism, HRC is dying, etc etc
Sheriff Joe
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#fakenewsfromafakeattorney
Fake news from everywhere you get your news. But those people get huuuuge bucks. They're the real mainstream media now, if you count the salaries.
Yeah, no surprise. These folks are making money hand over fist playing down to the nutters. Even taking money directly from the right-wing organizations they laud on the air.
"And what are some top-rated, right-wing radio shows now doing? They're receiving hefty payments from the likes of FreedomWorks and not always being fully transparent about getting paid to say those nice things"
Wez
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Entertainers like Howard Stern are not always open about whose products they are getting paid to push, but their not masquerading as purveyors of news.
Sheriff Joe
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We didn't elect him, you nominated HRC.
#DUMMY
Both!
Wez
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Unbelievable, I was thinking the whole time that Til wasn't like the rest of the clown car, now it's confirmed.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018...-tillerson-replaces-him-cia-chief-mike-pompeo
Trump Fires Rex Tillerson; Replaces Him With CIA Chief Mike Pompeo
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018...-tillerson-replaces-him-cia-chief-mike-pompeo
Trump Fires Rex Tillerson; Replaces Him With CIA Chief Mike Pompeo
Wez
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Jesus, what a disgusting "Den of Thieves!"
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/trump-personal-assistant-john-mcentee-fired-joins-campaign.html
Trump's personal assistant fired amid Secret Service probe joins Trump campaign
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/trump-personal-assistant-john-mcentee-fired-joins-campaign.html
Trump's personal assistant fired amid Secret Service probe joins Trump campaign
- John McEntee, Trump's personal assistant, was fired and escorted from the White House on Monday, according to a Tuesday report from The Wall Street Journal.
- McEntee has now joined Trump's re-election campaign.
- McEntee is under investigation by the Secret Service for serious financial crimes, federal law enforcement officials confirmed to NBC.
Wez
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"Fine people"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-...hite-nationalist-rally-not-guilty-of-assault/
Black man beaten at Charlottesville white nationalist rally not guilty of assault
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-...hite-nationalist-rally-not-guilty-of-assault/
Black man beaten at Charlottesville white nationalist rally not guilty of assault
Hüsker Dü
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It sounds like the kind of legislation that should easily breeze through a statehouse, even in these politically divided times: a resolution denouncing white nationalists and neo-Nazis.
It didn't even make it out of committee in the Tennessee legislature.
The resolution was written by Tennessee Democratic state Rep. John Ray Clemmons. It doesn't name any particular group. It calls on law enforcement to go after white nationalists and Neo-Nazi groups with the same "fervor" as other forms of terrorism.
"[W]e urge law enforcement to recognize these white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations and to pursue the criminal elements of these domestic terrorist organizations in the same manner and with the same fervor used to protect the United States from other manifestations of terrorism."
But when it came up Wednesday before the House State Government Subcommittee, it died a quick death. How quick? About 36 seconds.
As Clemmons started to talk about the bill, the sole Democrat on the five-member committee motioned to have it discussed.
No one on the committee spoke up. The committee chair, Republican state Rep. Bill Sanderson, then gaveled the resolution dead
It didn't even make it out of committee in the Tennessee legislature.
The resolution was written by Tennessee Democratic state Rep. John Ray Clemmons. It doesn't name any particular group. It calls on law enforcement to go after white nationalists and Neo-Nazi groups with the same "fervor" as other forms of terrorism.
"[W]e urge law enforcement to recognize these white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations and to pursue the criminal elements of these domestic terrorist organizations in the same manner and with the same fervor used to protect the United States from other manifestations of terrorism."
But when it came up Wednesday before the House State Government Subcommittee, it died a quick death. How quick? About 36 seconds.
As Clemmons started to talk about the bill, the sole Democrat on the five-member committee motioned to have it discussed.
No one on the committee spoke up. The committee chair, Republican state Rep. Bill Sanderson, then gaveled the resolution dead
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A black man who was severely beaten during a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and then charged with misdemeanor assault in the same incident has been found not guilty.
Local news outlets report a Charlottesville judge said Friday it was clear DeAndre Harris didn't intend to harm the man who made a complaint against him.
Photos and videos of the Aug. 12 attack on Harris in a parking garage were widely shared online. Harris was left with serious injuries.
Harold Crews, state chairman of the North Carolina League of the South, sought the charge against Harris, who turned himself in after a warrant was issued.
The Daily Progress reports around 100 people came to the Charlottesville General District Court on Friday to show their support for Harris.
Wez......Why do you intentionally toe the line for the
Democratic KKK with misleading articles... ?
They? You mean the deplorables?