[liberationtech] [Air-L] Fake News

[David Stodolsky]

> On 24 Dec 2016, at 16:17, kalev leetaru <kalev.leetaru5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> One final set of thoughts on the topic of false and misleading news - it is
> important to remember that even the marque brands in journalism
> all-too-often run stories without the most cursory of verification:

Also a problem in science:

Fake Medical Journals Are Spreading, And They Are Filled With Bad Science

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2017/01/03/fake-medical-journals-are-spreading-and-they-are-filled-with-bad-science/#181e594768cb


It's not just politics: 2016 was an epidemic year for fake news in science, too

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-fake-science-news-20170103-story.html


dss

David Stodolsky, PhD                   Institute for Social Informatics
Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
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