NEW YORK — Three weeks after Facebook refused to remove a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words, Mark Zuckerberg is getting a taste of his own medicine: fake footage showing him gloating over his one-man domination of the world. It's the latest flap over deviously altered...
Use These Tips to Cut Your Odds of Sharing 'Fake News'
Have you ever forwarded a news item to friends on Facebook only to later learn from them that the item was phony or “fake news?” It’s embarrassing, but you can avoid sharing phony stories by taking a few simple precautions when assessing news content. These tips are very basic tools...
Trump Acknowledges Over $1 Billion in Tax Write Offs, Calls It ‘Sport’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged taking massive tax write offs for real estate losses topping $1 billion from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, calling it "sport" among developers like himself during that period. Trump was reacting to a New York Times report Tuesday that his businesses lost more...
Students Will Learn From Who's Who of Valley Journalists on Friday
Four hundred students and their teachers will learn how to improve their skills at the third annual Fresno City College Journalism Conference on Friday. All of the presenters are local professional journalists, media experts, or instructors. They will cover all aspects of print, broadcasting and web news gathering during 40...
Nunes 'Fake News' Attacks on Bee Focus of Vice News Story
Vice News Tonight aired a report about Congressman Devin Nunes’ attacks on The Fresno Bee on its HBO show Tuesday. (Click on the image above to view the segment.) Correspondent Alexandra Jaffe spoke with Bee reporter Mackenzie Mays and editor Joseph Kieta. The story focused on Nunes’ accusations that The...
Fresno Bee to Trump: We're Not Enemies of the People
Newspapers from Maine to Hawaii, including The Fresno Bee, pushed back against President Donald Trump's attacks on "fake news" Thursday with a coordinated series of editorials speaking up for a free and vigorous press. The Boston Globe, which set the campaign in motion by urging the unified voice, had estimated...
Trump Appears to Change Story on Meeting With Russian Lawyer
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Donald Trump appears to have changed his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsel's investigation, tweeting that his son met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to collect information about his political opponent. Trump tweeted on Sunday: [raw] Fake News...
Sinclair’s Scripted News Segments? They Are a Really Big Deal.
On March 31, Deadspin produced a video showing a chorus of local news anchors delivering the exact same scripted speech to viewers. The message – denouncing media bias and fake news, calling it a problem that is “neither politically ‘left nor right’” – might seem innocuous enough. But I study...
Mimicking Trump, Local Officials Around U.S. Use ‘Fake News’ as a Weapon
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press An Idaho state lawmaker urges her constituents to submit entries for her “fake news awards.” The Kentucky governor tweets #FAKENEWS to dismiss questions about his purchase of a home from a supporter. An aide to the Texas land commissioner uses the phrase to downplay...
Latest in Battle for CA-22: Is Nunes Feeling the Janz Heat?
Is Andrew Janz getting inside Devin Nunes' head? I ask because Nunes' reelection campaign is acting like it's feeling the heat — even though Nunes has nearly $4 million to spend on his bid for a ninth term in Congress and a long history of landslide victories in a district...