Sharyl Attkisson Explains Left-Wing Origins of ‘Fake News’ Term in TedX Speech
Investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson explained the left-wing origins of the term “fake news” that rose to prominence during the 2016 election at a recent TEDx talk.

Investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson explained the left-wing origins of the term “fake news” that rose to prominence during the 2016 election at a recent TEDx talk.

More than half of Facebook’s instant article partners have reportedly abandoned the program.

Pope Francis called for the condemnation of “fake news,” while urging journalists to break monopolies that present just one version of the story.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Lebanese military court handed down a six-month prison sentence to a journalist for presenting views critical of the army, a court official told AFP on Thursday.

No doubt one of the things 2017 will be remembered for was the cascade of sexual harassment allegations and resignations rolling through the worlds of entertainment and politics, beginning with the spectacular fall of once-untouchable Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Partisan opportunists should not be allowed to distract us from the devastating indictment of centralized power and the hypocrisy of the political class delivered by the “#MeToo” story.

In a powerful address to journalists over the weekend, Pope Francis defended the principle of freedom of the press, while calling on journalists to avoid the “sins” of fake news and sensationalism.

Turkey has experienced a worsening crackdown on press freedom over the course of 2017, imprisoning the highest number of journalists anywhere in the world.

Gothamist and DNAInfo have both shut down following a vote at the company to unionize and a repeated loss of money.

CNN is railing against repeated claims of propagating fake news with a new ad promoting their commitment to “facts first.”

The European Union funded project “Respect Words” has released guidelines for journalists telling them not to talk to “extremists” about illegal mass migration, not to mention the ethnicity of migrant criminals if possible, and to actively counter “hate propaganda”. The

President Donald Trump again denounced NBC News as “Fake News” comparing the news network to CNN.
President Donald Trump appeared frustrated by his media coverage after visiting Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

The Wall Street Journal will no longer print its newspapers in Europe and Asia, it has announced.

Amnesty International on Wednesday slammed the PA and Hamas for what it called a clampdown on freedom of expression in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, respectively.

Israel’s press office said Wednesday it is revoking the credentials of a prominent Al-Jazeera reporter pending a hearing after he told another TV station that the work of Palestinian journalists is part of the “resistance.”

TEL AVIV — Palestinian Authority security forces have arrested five journalists in the West Bank in recent days and brought a sixth in for questioning, according to the Palestinian Journalist Syndicate.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday praised Communications Minister Ayoub Kara for taking concrete steps to “stop incitement” with a decision to permanently shutter Qatari-based news channel Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem bureau.

The ingenious thing about all of this of course is he basically can’t lose. If the media fails to report on his tweets, he has an unchallenged platform to address over 32 million people. If on the other hand they take the bait, he continues to maintain a smokescreen while conservative policies get implemented.

Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the White House Press Corps on Tuesday that CNN was “a disgrace to journalism.”

Tuesday on Sean Hannity’s nationally syndicated radio show, author and University of the Arts professor of humanities and media studies Camille Paglia railed against the current state of journalism in America. Paglia called what she said the Democratic Party had done to

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is mulling shutting down the Jerusalem bureau of Qatari media outlet Al-Jazeera, Hebrew-language Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Tuesday.

New Statesman associate editor Jemima Khan has claimed “London is a very safe city, relatively speaking”, and Britons have more to fear from dog attacks, hot water, and drivers on mobile phones than terrorism.

Pollster and political strategist Pat Caddell responded to breaking news of former Fox News head Roger Ailes’ death on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily.

STRASBOURG (FRANCE) (AFP) – Journalists are increasingly resorting to self-censorship to avoid falling foul of the authorities in the face of physical and psychological intimidation, the Council of Europe said Thursday.

President Donald Trump returned to his attacks on the biased media, after a weekend away from Washington D.C.

A former U.S. journalist pleaded not guilty on Monday to making bomb threats against Jewish organizations in the United States while posing as his ex-girlfriend in retaliation for her breaking up with him.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” CNN Senior Media Correspondent and “Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter said the controversy that led to the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was “a big moment for investigative journalism.” Stelter said,
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” journalist Chadwick Moore discussed his article “I’m a gay New Yorker — and I’m coming out as a conservative,” and stated that he discovered a level of “Paranoia, a
California State Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) has introduced a bill that would require the state to teach children how to spot “fake news.”

When actress Meryl Streep made her speech attacking President-elect Donald J. Trump at the Golden Globes on January 8, she also made a plea to join in support of a group few people have heard of — the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ.

Wednesday, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said on ESPN Radio’s “The Dan Le Batard Show” that she is “worried” about what a Trump presidency will do to the press. Maddow believes the Trump administration would “crumble” the profession with an attack, noting President-elect
Pollster and strategist Pat Caddell told Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam that he believes CNN has “certainly gotten their journalistic credentials terribly damaged.”

Students at City University, London, have voted to ban the Daily Mail, The Sun, and the Express from campus in order to virtue signal their opposition to fascism. The university is home to one of the most respected journalism schools in the country.

The mainstream media and the Democrats brought every weapon they had to the fight against Stephen K. Bannon — and, by extension, Donald Trump, and 61 million deplorables. And yet Trump did not waver, and the Republican Party did not bend, and the conservative media did not break.

Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” host Brian Stelter admitted there were flaws of the media in their coverage of the presidential election, in particular not foreseeing the victory of President-elect Donald Trump. Transcript as follows: First, something little different. Before I

“I’m not asking for any special treatment,” Hillary Clinton says. “I know the road that I’m on. I’ve been on it for 25 years, and I just get up every day and keep moving forward.”

The New York Times has admitted that journalists are biased against Donald Trump. However, according to Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg, it’s Trump’s fault.

Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for 42 journalists as part of the investigation into the failed coup aimed at toppling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, television news channels said Monday.

“If I wanted to kill him, I would have,” the gunman responsible for an assassination attempt against newspaper editor Can Dündar last week said of his attack, hours before Dündar was sentenced to five years in prison for publishing a report unfavorable to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Cumhuriyet’s editor-in-chief, Can Dündar, was on trial for authorizing a report seen as unfavorable to Turkey’s ruling government. On Friday afternoon, an assailant ran towards him, shooting and shouting the word “traitor!” as Dündar was walking out of the courthouse.
