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Used to be that only a few academics of a specialized knowledge in the fields of information and linguistics concerned themselves with signs and symbols, and how they worked in constructing meaning and the illusion of truth…
Trillanes’ claim A person who claimed to be a “financial forensic expert” was the source of the false bank information on Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and sold it to the Duterte administration, the senator said on Tuesday.…
Much has been said about fake news and ways to spot and debunk them that I thought mainstream media, online news reporters and editors would be familiar with the telltale signs of hoaxes and deliberate misinformation. Apparently…
As social media gains greater recognition as a legitimate source of information in this age of the proliferation of “fake news,” a journalist-turned-government official urged the traditional media practitioners to aggressively campaign for the truth. Undersecretary Joel…
Top journalists share insights on how to fight fake news The solution to countering fake news is to do better in journalism. This is the challenge Anadel Camille Diola, editor-in-chief of Philstar.com, to journalists and journalism students…
CHALLENGES OF MAINSTREAM AND SOCIAL MEDIA FORUM LOCAL media personalities also weighed in on the Challenges of Mainstream and Social Media in a forum as part of the celebration of the 25th Cebu Press Freedom Week…
“The marketplace of ideas still stands, but its foundations are under attack.” So goes the lead of the pooled editorial (“The real threat of fake news”) ran by Cebu’s English newspapers in observance of this year’s Press…
The marketplace of ideas still stands, but its foundations are under attack. For nearly four centuries, this metaphor has represented the belief that in a free, honest, and transparent competition, the best ideas always win. In democratic…
Fake news is not something new. During the election campaign of the 2016 elections, it was a powerful machinery for some candidates. But it was during the dictatorship that the country was bombarded with fake news, and…
What does Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma’s call on broadcasters not to spread fake news have to do with reports of Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson supposedly performing with her Mocha Girls group inside a casino? Nothing…
On September 23, within the Press Freedom Week Celebration, the academe will tackle the issue of how to prevent the spread of fake news and alternative truths in social media in a research conference organized by the…
Cebu Flash Report published a false news story on Facebook about an alleged “OUTBREAK” of the canine distemper virus in Liloan. In total, the post has been commented on, reacted to, and shared over 5,000 times.…
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