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The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.
These sites are not to be confused with fake news websites, which deliberately publish hoaxes in an attempt to profit from gullible readers. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism , and called a satire because of its content.
Social media as a news source is the use of online social media platforms rather than moreover traditional media platforms to obtain news. Just as television turned a nation of people who listened to media content into watchers of media content in the 1950s to the 1980s, the emergence of social media has created a nation of media content ...
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is the primary non-profit television service, with 349 member public broadcasters. News and public affairs programs include PBS NewsHour, Frontline, and Washington Week. In September 2012, PBS rated 88% above CNN in public affairs programming, [ 1] placing it competitively with cable news outlets [ 2] but ...
v. t. e. A screenshot of State Magazine news section. Digital journalism, also known as netizen journalism or online journalism, is a contemporary form of journalism where editorial content is distributed via the Internet, as opposed to publishing via print or broadcast.
Pink-slime journalism is a practice in which American news outlets, or fake partisan operations masquerading as such, publish poor-quality news reports which appear to be local news. [1] Researchers and media credibility raters have observed pink-slime journalism being used to support both Republican Party and Democratic Party politicians or ...
Media Bias/Fact Check ( MBFC) is an American website founded in 2015 by Dave M. Van Zandt. [ 1] It considers four main categories and multiple subcategories in assessing the "political bias" and "factual reporting" of media outlets, [ 2][ 3] relying on a self-described "combination of objective measures and subjective analysis". [ 4][ 5]
An online newspaper (or electronic news or electronic news publication) is the online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical . Going online created more opportunities for newspapers, such as competing with broadcast journalism in presenting breaking news in a more timely manner.