By Hank Silverberg How to avoid “Fake News” I was standing at the checkout counter at the supermarket the other day and I noticed something was missing. People Magazine was there, as well as some fashion magazines with the latest diet trend. But the old tabloids with the huge headlines like “60 Year Old Woman Gives Birth to Two Headed Baby,” or “Elvis Spotted At Gas Station in Toledo,” were missing. That kind of fake news, the obvious kind, moved to the Internet a while ago. And why not? They have plenty of company, though it may not be so obvious. REAL “fake news” has always been around. People actually bought News of the World (now defunct) or The National Enquirer for a good la ugh or for some entertainment. No one really took them seriously (at least I hope not), even though on occasion the Enquirer would actually print something that was true. There is also a long standing tradition of political satire in the United States. The O...
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