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Why Facebook & Google Can’t Afford to Legitimize Fake News Sources

Cision

In the 1890s, it was called yellow journalism and was a tactic designed by greedy newspaper publishers to sell more newspapers using scandalous (and not necessarily true) headlines. The concept of “fake news” is anything but novel. Today, the primary thing that’s changed (besides the name) is that fake news now permeates the online world.

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Start Collecting Those 2015 Editorial Calendars, PR Peeps

Rock the Status Quo

After all, if your client manufactures solar panels, and the local business journal will be doing an issue that June on green heating and cooling alternatives for businesses, the editorial calendar helps you pitch that outlet in a timely fashion, increasing your chance of success.

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On Today’s Multi-Agency Wikipedia Statement

Where the Fishermen Ain't

PR Leaders Today Affirm a Commitment to Abide by and Evangelize Wikipedia Community Norms. Last February, William Beutler , principal of Beutler Ink and publisher of The Wikipedian , convened a meeting of digital leaders from multiple agencies, as well as notable Wikipedia volunteers. Fortunately, my employer feels the same way.

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It’s the End of the Truth as we Know it – is PR fine?

Flack's Revenge

Flipboard CEO Josh Quittner wrote about our loss of innocence, in the story The Truth about Fake News : When Wikipedia started to take off… I believed that finally, the world was racing toward one, glorious kumbaya moment.

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Who Is Fighting Fake News? [article]

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

has radically changed journalism and public relations , two industries that rely on the free exchange of information and ideas. It’s their way of supporting journalism into the future, which is a good thing. But one highly undesirable outcome is “fake news.” The platform will label government-funded videos as such.

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Digital journalism is alive but is digital PR?

Norton's Notes

Today the BBC announced that it is cutting almost 500 jobs but reinvesting in a further 195 posts to back what it calls ‘digital journalism’. So I think we can safely say that digital journalism is where the BBC believes the future of that industry is headed. So the future of journalism is creative clever digital journalism.

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The Bandwagon Effect: Momentum Is Everything

Doctor Spin

Source: British Journal of Political Science 1 Marsh, C. British Journal of Political Science, 15, 51 – 74. Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology 2 Mehrabian, L. Journal of Applied Social Psychology , 28, 2119–2130. Source: Wikipedia 4 Hostile media effect. In Wikipedia. In Wikipedia.