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Fake News - how they will shut down independent media - Duration: 6:47.
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism vs fake news
A blogger's opinion (having been used as a source without my knowledge) on the Reuters
Institute study of the impact of fake news in Europe.
This study was brought to my attention in our comments section. It was carried out
by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, and
entitled: Measuring the reach of "fake news" and
online disinformation in Europe
The first page gives a clear outline of the main findings of the study:
None of the false news websites we considered had an average monthly reach of over 3.5% in 2017,
with most reaching less than 1% of the online population in both France and Italy. By comparison, the
most popular news websites in France (Le Figaro) and Italy (La Repubblica) had an average monthly
reach of 22.3% and 50.9%, respectively We decided to have a better look at the study.
Preliminary study The opening section explains straight away
that this is a preliminary study and that further research is needed to understand the reach
and influence of online disinformation in these and other countries That's a
great pity, because it wouldn't have been difficult to do some more in-depth research,
especially at a university as prestigious as Oxford. It almost seems like they don't
want to know what's really happening. But anyway, let's get back to the study…
The Black List On page two, this caught our eye:
For both France and Italy, our starting point was lists of unreliable websites compiled
by independent fact-checkers and other observers. For France, we used the Décodex—a database
of around 1000 websites compiled by Le Monde's Décodeurs project in the course of their
fact-checking. In Italy, we combined lists from three different sources. Two of these
lists were retrieved from independent fact-checking websites—BUTAC and Bufale. The third list came from Bufalopedia,
a website co-created by Paolo Attivissimo, a prominent journalist who describes himself
as a "hoax buster". These are the best available, independently-compiled lists of websites that
have repeatedly published demonstrably false information, whether for profit or motivated by other reasons.
The lists of websites that publish false news in Italy were taken from BUTAC, Bufale.net
and Paolo Attivissimo. It's obviously a great honour, but…
Oxford, we have a problem The Oxford researchers, without contacting
BUTAC in any way, have based their study of fake news and its online reach in Italy on
these blacklists that were created several years ago, consisting mainly of blogs and
websites that publish a significant quantity of false information. These are biased websites
which, in a few rare cases, have attempted to get back at us out of spite: the people
who run these websites hide their identities, and are well aware that they could be subject
to penalties. However, it's not this fake news that we need to worry about. The truly
terrifying false or manipulated news comes from the press and mainstream TV, from
politicians, from supporters and from BOTs, and the blacklist websites are just a reminder
for readers. I have to admit that I was pretty shocked by the study. Was it really too much
hassle to drop us an email? We would have been more than happy to try and explain the
situation more clearly, and clarify the criteria used for the compilation of our Black List,
when it was last updated, and how it works in general.
Which websites were considered in the study? All we had to do was read on a bit to realise
that the basic error made by the researchers was their choice of study material:
Not all of the outlets included on the initial lists were relevant for our purposes. Here,
we are concerned with outlets that consistently and deliberately publish "false news",
which we have defined elsewhere as "for-profit fabrication, politically-motivated fabrication [and] malicious
hoaxes" designed to masquerade as news (Nielsen and Graves 2017)
By 2017 pretty much the world and his wife had grasped the idea that the best way to
spread disinformation was to hide it in the midst of genuine or at least plausible news.
Websites which only publish false news, which were the focus of this study, are extremely
rare nowadays. They may have completely changed their look, and started publishing vegetarian
recipes, or changed their name, while taking advantage of the popularity they have obtained
as a way of making money and proselytising in different ways. Furthermore, the study
excluded satirical websites, despite the fact that people sometimes take their articles
seriously, but it was unclear whether the websites we would define as "pseudo-satirical"
were also excluded. This is an important distinction to make, as in many cases their
so-called satire acts as a façade, and as a way of avoiding complaints to the authorities,
but often has nothing to do with real satire. We refer to such websites as "pseudo-satirical"
because they exploit this façade as a way of spreading viral disinformation, targeting
an audience which hasn't the faintest idea what a disclaimer is.
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Mahinda cannot destroy Maithri (English News) - Duration: 9:49.
Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne says Mahinda Rajapaksa never thought that he would leave the SLFP, even during the last stages. "He thought that Rajitha would never give up on him, as he believed we were such good friends. But we are in politics. We came to engage in politics. Therefore, political decisions have to be made. On the day there is no politics, the friendship will flourish again," he said in an interview. Excerpts: The two main parties are battling on election platforms, fighting, trying to kill each other. It seems as if the journey of co-existence, of the two parties, is over and done with. What has really happened? A: There is the question, whether; there is anyone to do a clear analysis of the Bonds scam. When I asked the top economic analysts, in the country, what they said was, though they had an in-depth knowledge of the science of economics Treasury Bonds were quite a different subject. These transactions are handled by those who deal in those transactions and the economists said that they cannot make a deep analysis regarding this, when you consider that, no one can actually say how much the loss from the Bonds Scam is. Are you satisfied with the Commission's Report? A: When the Presidential Commission was appointed it was not to inquire into people's houses and to track each and everyone's telephone calls. What we had to find out initially was how much of an impact the Bonds transactions had on our economy. Are you saying that those telephone calls and purchases of houses were correct? A: No. All those are secondary. What this Commission was asked to do was, even bring experts from abroad, do an analysis and submit a proper Report to the country. Now, the Commission is saying that, in order to inquire into the exact financial loss, an investigation has to be conducted by bringing in experts. I mentioned that at the beginning. It is said that a loss of 11 billion rupees was incurred due to the bonds transactions. However, at present Rs12 billion of assets belonging to the Aloysius family have been frozen. Then there will be no loss to the country. The entire amount can be recovered. By saying that, are you trying to make the Government's task simple? A: No. When this problem arose, the President and the Prime Minister both wanted it investigated. The Prime Minister presented this question to COPE. Then he referred it to the Attorney General for legal action. If the Prime Minister had robbed from the Bonds scam he would not have appointed a member of the JVP as the Chairman of COPE; it was not as if there were no suitable individuals in either the UNP or the SLFP. He did it to inquire into problems in Government Service, to obtain an honest verdict. On the other hand, the President appointed a Presidential Commission for this. Now that Report is out. It is without seeing it, that some are shouting. Is it correct for the Prime Minister, himself, to summon Parliament and then not present the Report? A: There are no reports of the events that took place that day, not even a commission. Even then the Government of Good Governance promised to release the Report. There are 1257 pages in that Report. A report cannot be presented in English. The Report has to be submitted to Parliament in the State language -in Sinhala and Tamil. Then on the advice of lawyers the President presented a summary of the Report. Just because that was released they are shouting that the complete Report is not being handed to them. There is something I have to say to those who are saying this. During the Treasury bonds transactions that took place from 2008-2014 worse corruption and fraud has taken place and the country has suffered a loss of about 4,000 billion. Those amounts cannot be recovered. Therefore, another commission has to be appointed to recover that 4,000 billion. Good Governance was brought in to eradicate corruption; but, Good Governance too has robbed? A: Only one. There is only one to talk about. It is those who stole millions who are shouting now, like heroes. When Arjuna Mahendran was being appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank, I repeatedly told the Prime Minister not to do it. But the Prime Minister accepts people. During the 2002 Government when Mahendran was with the BOI, I am aware of what he did. That is why I told the Prime Minister not to appoint someone like him to the Central Bank. I told him, if a person who had engaged in corruption in a smaller role, if given the Central Bank, what could he, not do! The Prime Minister then said it was his Ministry and that the responsibility rests with him and that if Mahendran engaged in any wrongdoing that he would be thrown out. By the time the Prime Minister got rid of him, Arjuna Mahendran had already done wrong and a black mark added to the Government. But today he has been removed and action has been taken. There are no governments, in the world, free of fraud and corruption. That is the truth. There are accusations that the President is engaged in a contract to destroy the UNP? A: I am also in the UNP front, as at present. The President has no such need and the Prime Minister is aware of that more than anyone else. Whatever those of the lower rungs, on both sides, may say the President and the Prime Minister act with understanding. Even though, a copy of the Bond Commission Report was not given to the Prime Minister, the President talks over everything with the Prime Minister, before doing something. We left the SLFP to bring about change in the country. It was the Prime Minister who spoke of a journey with the SLFP and it was then that the SLFP provided support. Once the SLFP was taken on, the leader of the SLFP has to protect the Party. Then President has to act as the leader of the SLFP. The President does not need to attack the UNP. The main enemies of the President are the Rajapaksas. UNP says it will establish a new Government on 10 February, then what you are saying turns out to be wrong. A: Then they could have done it before this too, at the very beginning. When they could not form a Government then, how could they do it today? All of those are false stories. They are stories that highlight immaturity in politics. Is this an attempt by the Joint Opposition to get together with the SLFP? That is the opinion at village level. A: In instances where nominations of the JO were rejected, Mahinda Rajapaksa was asked whether they would support the SLFP. They said, no. Will we get together with such people? Does Mahinda want to defeat Ranil? Or does he want to defeat Maithri? That is what we are looking at. If they join Maithri, there would be thoughts of whether Maithri is weak or not. Mahinda cannot finish off Maithri. He is trying to show that Maithri is finished; that is to gather the people who are around Maithri and then attack Ranil. Mahinda is not a baby in politics. That has to be understood when we act. Both sides act, while stirring political conspiracies. Who will win this election? A: I cannot say anything just yet. However, there is a big reawakening among us. We were being suppressed by media propaganda. But with this election, the UNPers have joined in with great enthusiasm. At the same time SLFPers are also, of late, rallying around the Party. There is still no room for a third force, in the country, but it seems, as if the Flower Bud might become that third force? A: I too tried to establish a third force in the country and it didn't work. Can people such as G. L. Peiris establish a third force in the country? Lalith, Gamini set up alternatives for the UNP. You saw what happened to those! Finally, only the UNP and the SLFP remained. Whatever the election result, UNP-SLFP Local Government bodies will be formed? A: Yes. Once again it will be a UNP-SLFP Government that will be established. Are you satisfied with the three years of Good Governance? A: Yes. What the Government of Good Governance did during the past three years has never been done by any other Government. It was Good Governance that took the Prime Minister to the Bond Commission to give evidence. That was how our Government worked. Former ministers, who were in the then Cabinet, should also be held responsible for the wrong doings, during the time of the Alliance Government. Today, the stories they say, on joining the Government, are amazing. Are there answers to the story the former President is relating? A: I have answered him enough and more. At that time, how many newspapers published it, in how many places. At the beginning President Maithripala Sirisena was suspicious about me; thinking that I was a plant of Mahinda Rajapaksa's. Those who know about my past are aware of, who I am; even President Maithripala had told several people to be careful in dealing with me. I criticized Mahinda Rajapaksa within the Cabinet and outside as well, in public. I openly criticized Mahinda Rajapaksa in the Cabinet. There was a constant battle between us. Finally, Mahinda accepts what I say. At the end of the Cabinet sessions he comes out with his arm around my shoulders. Then others wonder why, after all what I have said, why Mahinda Rajapaksa does not take action against me. The answer Mahinda gives is that Rajitha cannot be changed. I have known this man from the 80s, and that I am saying things which I have been saying from those days. Mahinda never thought that I would leave the SLFP, even during the last stages he thought this was how I was. He thought that Rajitha would never give up on him, as he believed we were such good friends. But we are in politics. We came to engage in politics. Therefore, political decisions have to be made. On the day there is no politics, the friendship will flourish again.
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Bellringer News 2/26/2018 - Duration: 1:22.
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And now, here's the amazing, glorious man Julien Minnick for the weather.
Thank you for listening and have a great day.
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