There's Fake News and There's Fake News

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Is it possible to have lived in the U.S. in the last 18 months without hearing the term "fake news" at least a few times? Whether it's @POTUS describing the main stream media (among other things) or Russian news agencies purposefully trying to muddy the waters here in the States, "fake news" is everywhere. The term might be Trump's favorite jab on Twitter because he mentions it so much, mostly directed at the media. But whatever your opinion on Trump, there is a legitimate problem with fake news; just take #pizzagate as an example. In December 2016, "a powerful mix of fake news and social media led an armed North Carolina man to investigate the rumors about the pizza place, Comet Ping Pong" in Washington D.C. The fake news that he had read (and even the research he did), convinced him to fire his weapon in the pizza parlor where he was later arrested. This blog, Finding Fake News, is about both kinds of fake news. Hopefully, in the end, we will all be better informed so we don't make our own humiliating mistakes. And whatever our political beliefs, our country will be much better for it. [1 image, 4 links, 1 quotation, 197 words]