Fake News Study
The researchers collected tracking data from more than two thousand Americans and analyzed their news consumption. They sorted fake news sites from hard news sites and concluded that roughly one in four American adults visited a fake news site around the time of the election. But before you jump to any conclusions, consider that these sites only accounted for about two percent of all the news they consumed.
It is true that Trump supporters were more likely to visit fake news sites. That makes sense since candidate Donald Trump challenged much of the mainstream media and might even have been a reason these voters decided to look at other sites.
But the study also found that “fake news consumption seems to be a complement to, rather than a substitute for, hard news.” They concluded that because visits to fake news sites were the highest among people who consumed the most hard news. In other words, they were reading widely and checking lots of sources. That is something I encourage my radio audience to do all the time.
I might mention that this study even highlights the challenge of trying to define fake news. Some hard news sites do indeed ignore relevant facts and amplify others to fit the bias of the reporter or editor. President Trump may call some of these stories in the mainstream media “fake news.” They may not actually be fake news but they are certainly inaccurate news if they ignore some facts and promote others.
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Kerby Anderson is a radio talk show host heard on numerous stations via the Point of View Network endorsed by Dr. Bill Smith, Editor, ARRA News Service
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Being a died in the wool Christian Conservative and having been successfully writing articles for publication in newsprint, magazines, and online for the past 30 years I can testify there is considerable disdain and genuine distaste by many if not the majority of publications for conservative views. I have been fired from a newspaper for a single accurate article (on homosexuality) considered distasteful by its publisher that was not even published. I've had numerous articles declined by publications because they were not politically correct even though they were technically correct. Over the years, I've learned which will publish the truth and which will refuse even to consider an illiberal article. TG for the internet which allows so many people to say what is on their minds and to publish information that the liberal media refuse. The Trumpet may not be the sweetest nor nearly as liberal as the media would like but he is correct when he points out there have been many instances of false news or just plain lies published as truth by the MSM. Since the 60's CNN and similar TV and newsprint outlets have repeatedly lied about and told stories about Government,, the Military, soldiers, individuals, the NRA, gun owners, Christians, and conservative people that harmed the individuals, the nation, our institutions, and world opinions. Now the MSM along with their DNC flunkies and fellow travelers have decided that illegal immigration should be allowed and preferred over the rights, health, prosperity, and politics of fellow citizens born and raised in the USA. The Trumpet is being attacked at present because he promised and is attempting to do something about the gross inequality of illegal immigration. I think maybe I prefer the Trumpet's views to the lying liberal MSM which seems to hate the USA and all that the American Way used to mean.
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