fake news

The Boston Globe reached out to newspapers across the country this week encouraging them to publish an editorial challenging President Donald Trump’s attacks on what he terms ‘fake news’, and the Missoulian newspaper participated with their own editorial.

It’s the bane of legitimate journalists– and a profit center for unprincipled peddlers of rumor, innuendo and blatant fabrication– and  A panel of local experts discussed the lies and distortions, hoaxes and big business that increasingly crowds the political landscape and muddies the media waters of fact-based journalism...

Where do you get your news?  The Montana State University Billings Library is presenting a panel discussion on the growing social impact of fake news on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 6:30 p.m. in the Royal Johnson Community Room.   Fake news has influenced opinion and policy, been prevalent on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more.  D...