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entertainment industry, 24, predisposition of audience,
33–34, 34 16, 18, 27, 36
ethical issues reputation of source,
lying, 30–31 18–19
political system undermined, spread very quickly to
35–36, 41, 42 many, 8, 11, 22
reputations harmed, 32–34, writing style, 18
34 is not serious problem, 37
social media obligation to is serious problem
combat fake news, 62 ethical issues, 30–34, 32
standards of political honest discussion is
discourse undermined, avoided, 36–37
34–35 political system is harmed,
34–36, 41, 42
Facebook misinformation that is not,
measures to limit spread of 7–8, 12–14
fake news, 59, 60–62 reasons for success of, 55
News Feed application, 60, FBI agent murder story, 27
61 Flynn, Michael, 31
number of members Flynn, Michael, Jr., 5
worldwide, 21 Forbes (magazine), 27
spread of fake news, 26, 27, Fox News, 44
40 Francis (pope), fake news
Fact Checker (Washington about, 9–10
Post), 57–58, 60 Franklin, Benjamin, 16
FactCheck.org, 59, 60
facts Glass, Stephen, 31
disagreements about, 37– Goldberg, Whoopi, 33–34
39, 38, 41 Google, 62–63
websites checking, 23, 33, Graham, Donald, 51
57–60, 61
fake news health, fake news about, 40
definitions of, 9, 11 Hearst, William Randolph, 16
difficulties in combating, 62 Herschel, John, 16–17, 17
elements of history
deliberate falseness, 11 civilization on moon, 16–19,
grain of truth in, 15–16 17
nonsatirical intentions, first examples on Internet,
12–14 22–23
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