Fake News

Should Media Lie for a President?

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 6/11/25

Headline:  “Fox’s bizarre lies shield viewers from the fact that Trump was wrong about Newsom call”

“A Fox News anchor, the network’s White House correspondent, and two of its prime-time hosts all apparently decided to lie to their audiences on Tuesday about a dispute over when Donald Trump last spoke to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, with each dissembling over what Trump or Newsom said rather than admitting that the president was wrong. And Trump’s own furious response to an inaccurate Fox chyron apparently set off that Orwellian chain of events. . .”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxs-bizarre-lies-shield-viewers-fact-trump-was-wrong-about-newsom-call

Planted Media Falsehoods on Fire?

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Article in Media Matters by Jane Lee & Isabella Corrao, 5/28/25

Headline:  “An intelligence report debunked MAGA media claims about Tren de Aragua and Venezuela. A Trump official is now under fire for reportedly ordering the report be redone.”

“The New York Times reported that Trump intel official Joe Kent ordered the assessment to be edited to protect Donald Trump and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard”

“Intelligence community assessments rejected the Trump administration’s claim that the Venezuela-based gang Tren de Aragua is being directed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s administration to infiltrate the United States.

“In response, the Trump administration dismissed the head of the National Intelligence Council and his deputy, making claims about the pair that an observer noted are ‘extremely difficult to believe’ given that they served the country ‘faithfully’ for decades. Administration official Joe Kent — a former fixture in far-right media and currently top aide to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard — also ordered analysts to revise the intelligence assessment, reportedly in order to protect President Donald Trump and Gabbard. . .”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/intelligence-report-debunked-maga-media-claims-about-tren-de-aragua-and-venezuela-trump

Journalism Requires Evidence?

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Article in Daily Kos by Bison, 5/26/25

Headline:  “On anonymous sources, aging presidents, and the media’s eternal craving for redemption from Damnation”

“Yes, the recent book Original Sin introduces new reporting that escalates concerns about President Biden’s mental and physical decline to near-scandalous levels. But that’s precisely the problem. Much of the content is based on anonymous sources. This approach might hold in journalism but fails the standard of evidence required in history and political science, where claims must be transparent and verifiable. Instead of offering clarity, the book ends up echoing a long-standing, distorted narrative promoted by right-wing media: that Biden is a hollowed-out figure, mentally absent and manipulated by shadowy figures. At that point, it veers into propaganda—not journalism. . .”

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/26/2324415/-The-Gospel-According-to-Whispers-How-Original-Sin-Became-Scripture-for-Media-Reckoning?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web

Rt. Wing Media Missing Truth

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Article in Media Matters by John Knefel, 5/22/25

Headline:  “Contrary to right-wing media claims, the GOP’s Medicaid cuts are for far more than ‘able-bodied men’ “

Subhead:  “While right-wing media yell about ‘able-bodied men,’ in truth Medicaid work requirements would hit caregivers the most — and they are disproportionately women”

“Right-wing media figures are telling their audiences that proposed work requirements for Medicaid will be targeted at men who are unwilling to look for a job, when the actual population most likely to be affected is poor, rural women who are taking care of elderly parents or adult children.

“The discussion comes as congressional Republicans negotiate a budget bill that is widely predicted to deliver massive tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations while gutting social safety net programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. . .”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/health-care/contrary-right-wing-media-claims-gops-medicaid-cuts-are-far-more-able-bodied-men

Media Medicaid

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Article in Daily Kos by Blue Tuesday. 5/15/25

Headline:  “Medicaid ‘work requirements’ have nothing to do with work — the media must stop using GOP propaganda”

“After weeks of negotiations and in-fighting over how exactly they would slash Medicaid to pay for their enormous tax cuts, Republicans this week settled on what has become colloquially known as ‘work requirements.’ ”

“But the phrase ‘work requirements’ is both deeply misleading — and unfortunately almost universally used by the political media. . .”

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/15/2322546/-Medicaid-work-requirements-have-nothing-to-do-with-work-and-media-needs-to-stop-using-the-term

Shocking! AI Journalism Fake?

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Betsy Moraism 5/15/25

Headline:  “The PSAi”

Subhead:   “Introducing our campaign to stop the spread of fake media.”

“I has already begun to transform the environment for news and information. Several months ago, CJR embarked on a project with TBWA\Chiat\Day, the ad agency, to use AI as a tool to spot AI visuals as fakes—and to highlight the role everyone plays in making them go viral. Since 1961, CJR has advocated for best practices in the journalism community, and we believe in strong standards for verification, transparency, and media literacy. With this campaign, we are also recognizing that if the press once had a singular power to document and publish news, versions of that work are now also visible across the vast expanse of the internet—populated by disinformation agents, synthetic-media hobbyists, and all of us who share what we see when we scroll. . .”

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https://www.cjr.org/analysis/the-psai-ai-fake-images-music-video.php

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Klaudia Jaźwińska, 5/15/25

Headline:  “A New Report Takes On the Future of News and Search”

Subhead:  “The Tow Center for Digital Journalism interviewed news and tech industry representatives about AI’s impact on platforms and publishers. They expressed some hope and a lot of trepidation.”

“All this week, CJR is running a series of pieces, on our website and in this newsletter, about how AI is transforming the news media ecosystem. Today we debut a campaign in collaboration with TBWA\Chiat\Day: the PSAi, which we hope you’ll check out here. . .”

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https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/new-report-future-ai-search-google-openai-altman-perplexity-gemini-apple-llm-artificial.php