Watch the clip with Michael Moore and his thoughts on ‘Fake News’
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/michael-moore-answer-fake-news-103500150.html
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President Trump advises himself, then ignores own advice
The President tweeted himself last week and then quickly ignored his own advice in going ahead with the bombing of Syria without getting Congressional approval.
The tweet from 2013 resurfaced last week as a poignant reminder of the President’s ability to ignore advice given to him by anyone, including himself.
It also served as a poignant reminder that the President is taking speaking in the third person to new and revolutionary extremes.
Zuckerberg apologizes to Congress over spread of ‘fake news,’ hate speech
The Hill- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday kicked off his inaugural appearance before lawmakers on Capitol Hill by apologizing for his company’s recent missteps.
“It’s clear now that we didn’t do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm,” Zuckerberg said at a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees.
“That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy. We didn’t take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake,” he continued.
“It was my mistake, and I’m sorry. I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here.”
Malaysia approves law banning fake news ahead of elections
AP- Malaysia’s parliament passed a law prohibiting fake news that critics fear will be abused to silence dissent ahead of a general election.
Despite warnings such a law would lead Malaysia closer to dictatorship, the bill was approved 123 to 64 after a heated debate. The bill originally proposed a 10-year jail term and a fine of up to 500,000 ringgit ($128,000) for offenders, but the approved legislation sets the maximum prison sentence at six years.
Rights activists say the law appears aimed at shutting down discussion of a multibillion-dollar financial scandal involving Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is widely expected to call for national elections in the next few days.
Azalina Othman, minister in charge of law, said social media such as Twitter and Facebook have acknowledged they are unable to monitor fake news on their platforms. She said the bill gives power to the court, not the government, to decide what is fake news.
“No one is above the law. We are all accountable for our actions,” she said.
Government officials have accused the opposition coalition of using fake news to win votes and warned that any news about the indebted 1MDB state fund that has not been verified by the government is fake.
The U.S. and several other countries are investigating allegations of cross-border embezzlement and money laundering at 1MDB, which was set up and previously led by Najib to promote economic development, but which accumulated billions in debt. The U.S. Justice Department says at least $4.5 billion was stolen from 1MDB by associates of Najib, and it is working to seize $1.7 billion taken from the fund to buy assets in the U.S., potentially its largest asset seizure ever.
Fox News gets nailed for Fake News report
Fox News reported that CNN had given scripted questions to one of the survivors of the Parkland H.S. massacre to ask during a town hall style debate on gun violence. CNN vehemently denied this claim and it has has since been confirmed to be Fake News. That didn’t stop a certain high level government official from tweeting about it.
Here is a link to the original Fox News story:
Guess who took the bait hook, line and sinker:
Retraction from the Fox News Insider site:
Here is Tucker Carlson retracting that story on Fox News: