David G. Brown Cartoon: April 2, 2020
April 2, 2020
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Harris, Blumenthal, Whitehouse Demand Documents on Trump’s Request for Barr News Conference
November 22, 2019
U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) on Friday sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to Attorney General William Barr seeking documents relevant to any attempt by President Trump to convince Barr to hold a news conference declaring Trump had broken no laws during his July 25, 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Facebook: Fake account removal doubles in 6 months to 3B
May 30, 2019
Facebook removed more than 3 billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous six months, the company said Thursday.
Freedom of the Press
August 23, 2018
The Black Press Challenges Fake News at Annual Conference
July 12, 2018
As Donald Trump’s persistent “fake news” rhetoric continues to fester in the media, Black publishers across the nation, recently took charge of the conversation, giving way to a special forum entitled “Black Press vs. Fake News.”
Words of the Week – Fake News
May 30, 2018
Scripture: Matthew 28:11-20 In the “post-truth” age in which we now find ourselves, the relevance of “fake news” has increased. The Cambridge English Dictionary defines fake news as “false stories that appear to be news usually created to influence political views.” According to Wikipedia, fake news is “journalism or propaganda that consist of deliberate misinformation with the intent to mislead in order to damage an agency, entity, or person.” Fake news has become so prevalent in our society today that news outlets now have a segment devoted to “fact checking” and “keeping honest” who traffic in its dissemination. As
David G. Brown Editorial Cartoon
December 14, 2017
David G. Brown Editorial Cartoon
African National Congress To Choose Successor To Incumbant Jacob Fake News’ And Win Prizes
December 13, 2017
Prizes were distributed at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa
Famed Empire That Dealt in Racist Fake News Collapses in South Africa
September 28, 2017
Leaked Gupta emails later turned up allegedly faked letters, written in Nene’s name, related to the funding of the multimillion-rand locomotive procurement.
U.S. War on ‘Fake News’ Cheers Free Press Enemies Across the Globe
March 2, 2017
The 30 victims were from Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea and Togo.
Claims Of “Fake News” Are An Insult To An Institution That Has Risked Lives To Advance Liberty
March 1, 2017
The work of America’s journalists has resulted in some of our nation’s most important reforms