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A New Way to Understand our Collective Information Disorder

15 November 201715 November 2017|content, News

It’s hard to deny that we have a collective challenge with misinformation in our culture. Trust in the media is at an all-time low, and the charges of “fake news” from all corners are daily fodder on social platforms. Apple...

“Fake News” is a Boon to WSJ Magazine

22 August 201710 November 2021|News

This country’s current sociopolitical climate is having an unexpected and welcome effect on the newspaper magazine industry.According to Chantal Fernandez in Business of Fashion, it’s “proven to be a subscription boon for many of the nation’s largest newspapers, including the...

Fake News Alert: Dial I For Irony

05 April 201705 April 2017|content, News

Irony alert – from where we sit, a lot of native advertising and sponsored content is just a hair’s breadth away from fake news. In fact, the fake news uproar has just about killed off native advertising as a viable...

Malyarov’s Open Letter to Everyone Looking for Real Journalism

14 March 201709 November 2021|content, Editorial

“Standing up for facts is a kind of patriotic act, and a necessary one.”Those words from Dartmouth College professor Brendan Nyhan close a thought-provoking piece by Nikolay Malyarov in Fipp.Malyarov’s “open letter to everyone looking for real journalism” makes the...

Native Advertising and Fake News…Not Much Difference?

11 January 201709 November 2021|Advertising, Editorial, News

Jim Weber, you’ve called out the emperor and his imaginary clothes. Well done.“I can only laugh when publishers bemoan the growth of fake news and then in the same breath gush about how native advertising is the future of digital...

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