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Martians in New Jersey: Remembering the War of the Worlds

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Aliens, Hysteria, Anniversary, Hoax, Fake-News, War, Panic, Radio, Great Depression, Halloween, Orson Welles, New Jersey, New York News
Michael Kaplan

Orson Welles was a talented director, and, at the age of 22, a very naughty boy.

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Fake News Is the Real News

Roderick Spencer | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Glen Beck, Walter Cronkite, Education, Real News, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Facts, Standards, Comedy, Fake News, Media News
Roderick Spencer

It strikes me as downright surreal that Stewart and Colbert, and not the 'real' anchorpersons, seem to be the people on TV who actively adhere to concepts like fairness, primary sources and facts.

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Jon Stewart: Still The Most Trusted Newscaster in America

Nancy Snow | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Most Trusted Newscaster, Most Trusted Man in America, Jon Stewart, Walter Cronkite, Crossfire, Shtick Journalism, Paul Begala, Tucker Carlson, Fake News, Media News
Nancy Snow

Just last Friday we lost the most trusted man in America. This week we've anointed a fake journalist his replacement. Or so Time magazine would have us believe.

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Behind the Fake Report of Jeff Goldblum's Death

Paul Krassner | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Tom Hanks, Stephen Colbert, Miley Cyrus, Twitter, Tom Cruise, Rumors, Jeff Goldblum, Facebook, Fake News, Pranks, Media News
Paul Krassner

The roster of fake death reports that have gone megaviral includes Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise and now Goldblum; all fell to their death in New Zealand. I contacted the man behind the electronic curtain.

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Mortgage-Backed, My Assets!

Patrick O'Sullivan | Posted 04.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Toxic-Financial-Products, Bailout, Rebranding-the-Bailout, Satire, Stock Market, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, U.S. Treasury, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Comedy, Fake News, Paul Krugman, Comedy News
Patrick O'Sullivan

Baby Back Securities: Melt in your mouth, not on your balance sheet. These choice, succulent, tainted assets are smothered in Tim Geithner's own secret recipe sauce (just watch it trickle down!) then slow-grilled to perfection.

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Soft Power is Obama's Greatest Strength

Indra Adnan | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dialogue, Terrorists, Pakistan, Joseph Nye, New Administration, Violence, Obama, Iran, Media, Pacifism, Peace, Barack Obama, Fake News, Iraq War, Armistice Day, Smart Power, Activism, Dennis Kucinich, Soft Power, Non-Violence, Participation, Politics News
Indra Adnan

Perhaps all that is needed is a good role model for soft power: someone who seeks to engage rather than stand off, capable of dialogue not just debate.

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DailyKos Embraces The Palin 'Fake Pregnancy' Rumor But Rejects The Edwards Story

Lee Stranahan | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Markos Moulitsas, Sarah Palin, Rumors, Sarah Palin Vice President, Pregnancy, Bristol Palin, Daily Kos, Fake News, Trig Palin, Sarah Palin Pregnancy, Sarah Palin Fake Pregnancy, Daily Kos Palin, Palin Fake Pregnancy, Daily Kos Palin Pregnancy, Daily Kos Bristol Palin, Media News
Lee Stranahan

Progressive standard bearers such as DailyKos have been showing signs lately of stifling dissenting opinions and promoting crazy rumors usually associated with the right.

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