Democracy and Free Speech in the Age of Ignorance: Google Delists Natural News from Search Results

EDIT: After I wrote this post, Google tweeted a statement clarifying why Natural News had been delisted. It had nothing to do with the content, rather they were using redirect techniques prohibited Google’s webmaster guidelines. Regardless of why Google delisted, my arguments still apply but should be interpreted as a policy going forward.The Situation Here’s the dealy-yo. The […]

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Fake News vs “Fake” News: Critically Thinking About Media in a Fact-Free World

Introduction Post-Trump and leading up to his election there’s been much hullaballoo about fake news. Various online publications have weighed in providing lists of fake news sources. Reading these articles leads me to believe there’s some conceptual cloudiness that needs clearing away. “Fake news” is being used to refer to several different phenomena. Let’s distinguish […]

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