And they used to poke fingers at Pravda.
Kirk
| Fake News Stories Probed |
| from the truthiness dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 16, @20:24 (The Media) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/16/2327242 |
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An anonymous reader writes "From the article: "The U.S. Federal
Communications Commission has begun an [0]investigation of the use of
video news releases, sometimes called "fake news," at U.S. television
stations. Video news releases are packaged stories paid for by
businesses
or interest groups. They use actors to portray reporters and use the
same
format as television news stories.""
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| from the truthiness dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 16, @20:24 (The Media) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/16/2327242 |
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An anonymous reader writes "From the article: "The U.S. Federal
Communications Commission has begun an [0]investigation of the use of
video news releases, sometimes called "fake news," at U.S. television
stations. Video news releases are packaged stories paid for by
businesses
or interest groups. They use actors to portray reporters and use the
same
format as television news stories.""
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=06/08/16/2327242
Links:
0.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/08/16/fake-news-probe.html
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