Friday, November 25, 2016

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 25, 2016



Mathew Ingram, Fortune: No, Russian Agents Are Not Behind Every Piece of Fake News You See

Making everyone who shares fake news part of a Russian conspiracy is not helpful.

One of the themes that has emerged during the controversy over “fake news” and its role in the election of Donald Trump is the idea that Russian agents of various kinds helped hack the process by fueling this barrage of false news. But is that really true?

In a recent story, the Washington Post says that this is definitely the case, based on information provided by two groups of what the paper calls “independent researchers.” But the case starts to come apart at the seams the more you look at it.

Read more ....

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 25, 2016

Using fake news against opposing views -- Kelly Riddell, The Washington Times

Can Trump and the press get along? -- Peter Grier and Harry Bruinius, CSM

Waking up to the Truth About the Sunni Awakening -- Nicholas J. Kramer, WotR

China's Maritime Strategy on the Horizon -- Tuan N. Pham, The Diplomat

Security Dynamics Amidst Africa's Armed Conflicts -- Kaitlin Lavinder, The Cipher Brief

Requiem for a European dream -- Andras Baneth, EU Observer

Germany Prepares for Trade Conflict with Trump -- Christian Reiermann, Spiegel Online

Blue-collar Democrats to party: It's still the economy, stupid -- John Whitesides, Reuters

Why Facebook Won't Give Up on China -- Adam Mintner

An American-Made iPhone? Not Happening. -- Adam Minter, Bloomberg

What’s So Great About American World Leadership? -- Hugh White, The Atlantic

1 comment:

Unknown said...

So commie babe picked up on the American meme of fake news.