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Fact-Check Central
The Six Types of News
Wingnut conspiracy theory websites. [e.g. - InfoWars.2]
Unhinged extremists with known ties to white supremacists &/or armed militias & radical groups that openly advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. [e.g. - Uncle Sam's Misguided Children.3]
Offenders will be beaten senseless with a Singapore cane.4
6) First Degree Aggravated Insults to the Intelligence of Others
- Any claim that can be thoroughly debunked per 1) or 2) in less than 60 seconds. [Sweet Lord... is even this level of due diligence too much to expect?]
- Any attempt to claim that the Russians were not actively involved in hacking &/or disinformation campaigns targeting Hillary Clinton in the 2016 POTUS election, while simultaneously sharing links to anti-Hillary propaganda from Russia Today. [Incredible as it may seem, yes, I've actually witnessed this.]
Offenders will be beaten senseless with a Singapore cane AND defenestrated from a 6th floor window at Fox News headquarters without opening it first.4
Footnotes
- By definition, Fake News is deliberately falsified &/or intentionally misleading disinformation intended to sway a target audience to a preferred belief, as opposed to claims that are merely inaccurate &/or incompletely researched (the term is often used incorrectly in the latter sense). Many of the best known fake news outlets (e.g. - the Denver Chronicle or Russia Today) employ writers who create fictional stories intended to bait target audiences, & during the 2016 POTUS election such tactics were particularly effective in swaying pro-Trump/anti-Hillary audiences (Silverman, 2016; Silverman & Alexander, 2016; Sydell, 2016; ODNI, 2016; Wikipedia, 2016c).
- InfoWars is the website of radio show host Alex Jones, who among other things believes the moon landings were faked, the U.S. government was complicit in the 9/11 attacks, & that Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama are, quite literally, "demons from Hell" because, he says, their breath "smells like sulfur" & they're "swarmed by flies" (Stack, 2016; Wikipedia, 2016d). BTW, InfoWars is also the site that first spread the "3 million illegal votes" myth from the 2016 POTUS election, which as of this writing is *still* being touted by Trump & many of his supporters.
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