time assert censorship would good democracy surely true hoax baseless conspiracy theories help democracy regulation information manner time suggest whiff orwellian totalitarianism robert parry consortium newsin lead editorial sunday new york time decry deem digital virus call fake news call internet censorship counter allege problem take particular aim facebook founder mark zuckerberg let liars con artists hijack platform mainstream campaign fake news quickly gain momentum past week two false items get cite repeatedly claim pope francis endorse donald trump assertion trump prevail popular vote hillary clinton could add another election-related falsehood hoax spread trump supporters liberal documentarian michael moore endorse trump actually back clinton.but also know clinton supporters privately push salacious unsubstantiated charge trump sex life clinton personally charge trump control russian president vladimir putin although evidence present support mccarthyistic accusation.the simple reality lot dubious accusations get fling around heat campaign nothing new always challenge professional journalists swat best different time envision structure algorithm eliminate call fake news photograph publish new york time purportedly take russia russian soldier late appear eastern ukraine however photographer since state photo actually take ukraine u.s. state department acknowledge error.but stun lack self-awareness time fail acknowledge many time publish fake news report 2002 iraq purchase aluminum tube mean reconstitute nuclear weapons program bogus analysis trace fire location syrian sarin-laden rocket 2013 back syrian military base turn four time outside rocket range publication photos supposedly show russian soldier inside russia inside ukraine 2014 turn inside-russia photo also take inside ukraine destroy premise story.these three examples among many time publish fake news three appear page one grudgingly partially retract usually far inside newspaper opaque headline readers notice much time fake news continue reverberate support u.s. government propaganda even partial retractions.who judge zuckerberg prevent facebook users circulate new york time stories obviously time would favor solution problem fake news instead time expect one arbiters decide internet outlets get ban ones get gold seal approval.the time lead editorial follow front-page article topic friday leave little doubt newspaper would like see want major internet platforms search engines facebook google close access sit accuse disseminate fake news editorial say big part responsibility scourge rest internet company like facebook google make possible fake news share nearly instantly millions users slow block sit facebook say work weed fabrications say last monday would long place facebook-powered ads fake news websites move could cost facebook fake news sit lucrative source revenue early day google say would stop let sit use ad placement network step would help facebook particular owe users democracy far facebook demonstrate effectively block content like click-bait article spam platform tweak algorithms determine link photos ads users see news feed facebook managers constantly change refine algorithms mean system malleable subject human judgment time editorial continue summer facebook decide show post friends family members users news feed reduce stories news organizations say users want surely programmers train software spot bogus stories outwit people produce garbage mr. zuckerberg speak length social media help improve society none happen continue let liars con artists hijack platform gray areasbut problem falsehoods may obvious clear-cut much information exist gray area two side may disagree facts u.s. government always tell truth although would hard-pressed find recent examples time recognize reality especially past several decades time usually embrace official version dispute event deem serious skepticism bounds.former new york time reporter judith miller co-author iraq aluminum tube story.that way time treat denials iraqi government outside experts dispute aluminum tube story 2002 time brush disagreements regard u.s. government portrayal events syria ukraine russia increasingly time come across propaganda conduit official washington rather professional journalistic entity.but time mainstream news outlets along favor internet sit sit google-financed entity call first draft coalition present kind ministry truth decide stories true fake time editorial recommendations follow disfavor stories sit publish would long accessible popular search engines platforms essentially block public access see consortiumnews.com fake news time assert censorship would good democracy surely true hoax baseless conspiracy theories help democracy regulation information manner time suggest whiff orwellian totalitarianism it.and proposal especially trouble come time checker recent record disseminate dangerous disinformation investigative reporter 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