robert parry consortium newsin wake donald trump victory hot new issue raise president obama international set thursday tout new york time front page friday problem fake news disseminate internet.major internet company google facebook urge censor article punish allege violators also team supposedly responsible news providers technology giants assemble police allege problem decide true not.but therein lie serious problem get decide real real age side propagate propaganda conformity support mainstream truth become censorship reasonable skepticism journalist four decades take seriously profession responsibility verify information much possible publish editor consortiumnews.com insist writers extent possible outside commenters back say.i personally hate conspiracy theories people speculate topic without real evidence often defiance actual evidence believe traditional journalistic standards cross-check data apply common sense.so surely fan internet hoax baseless accusations yet also recognize mainstream u.s. news outlets make horrendous wholesale factual errors report 2002-03 iraq reconstitute nuclear weapons program new york time hide stockpile wmd many tv print outlets include washington post .and mainstream outlets get life-and-death stories wrong one-off affair around iraq invasion least since 1980s new york time misreported gloss many international issue put unite state ally negative light.for instance time miss nicaraguan contra cocaine scandal actively cover reagan administration role wrongdoing 1980s much 1990s.the time lag badly investigate secret operations become know iran-contra affair time gullibility face official denials obstacle us dig constitutional crisis abuse reagan administration topic see consortiumnews.com new york time apologist power era washington post perform good leonard downie executive editor time contra-cocaine scandal continue reject reality ronald reagan beloved contras traffic cocaine despite 1998 find cia inspector general frederick hitz fact many contras neck-deep cocaine trade reagan administration cover criminality geopolitical reasons.more recently mad dash invade iraq 2002-03 post editorial-page editor fred hiatt write repeatedly flat fact iraq hide wmd mock dissent voice challenge group think yet hiatt suffer accountability falsehoods still post editorial-page editor still peddle dubious examples washington conventional wisdom ministry truthso responsible journalists anoint regulate world public get see hear orwellian task kind ministry truth set google call first draft coalition tout collection 30 major news technology company include time post tackle fake news create platform decide stories questionable ones t.formed june 2015 fund google news lab first draft coalition found members include bellingcat online citizen journalism site get many high profile stories wrong associate nato favorite think tank atlantic council.despite bellingcat checker record conflict interest atlantic council major western news outlets include time post embrace bellingcat apparently article always seem mesh neatly u.s. european propaganda syria ukraine.two bellingcat founder eliot higgins big errors misplace fire location suspect syrian rocket carry sarin gas aug. 21 2013 direct australian news crew wrong site so-called getaway buk missile video july 17 2014 shoot-down malaysia airlines flight 17 power realitywhile undeniable false dubious stories get push heat political campaign wartime journalists role fact-checking best potentially great danger media insiders arrogate power dismiss contrary evidence unacceptable especially give history publish stories turn dubious entirely false.it even dangerous self-appointed arbiters truth combine force powerful internet search engines social media company essentially silence dissent opinions contrary facts make difficult public locate thursday impassioned president obama voice annoyance fake news twice joint news conference berlin german chancellor angela merkel age much active misinformation package well look see facebook page turn television everything seem distinctions make know protect let phrase sink moment know protect president obama suggest u.s. government role protect certain information implication leave contrary information unprotected i.e open censorship continue story consortium news see also establishment use fake news faux crisis target alternative mediasupport 21wire subscribe become member 21wire.tv robert parry fake news