It’s Squib Saturday, and usually I share the most interesting, entertaining or outrageous tidbit of information I’ve gleaned from something I’ve read or done over the past week. Today, I have to cheat, and republish a funny squib I posted last year about fake news. Let me, please, explain: Continue reading “Preparing for One-on-One (Literary) Agent Feedback”
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News Squib#12 – When Fake News Was Funny
It’s Squib Saturday. Time to share the best, most interesting (or most entertaining, or most outrageous) tidbit of information I’ve gleaned from all the stuff I’ve read –or done– this week. Today: When Everyone Could Tell the Difference Between Fake and Real News
Fake news has been in the…well, in the real news headlines recently. Mark Zuckerberg is fretting about algorithms and standards which could keep fake news off Facebook; Hillary Clinton’s aides are blaming fake headlines about Pope Francis endorsing Trump for steering voters away from her; and most notably the Washington Post this week zeroed in on the #1 reader of an online website that traffics in fake news. Continue reading “News Squib#12 – When Fake News Was Funny”