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Fake news is a giant threat to democracy, yet there’s little grassroots activism combating it.
That’s why it’s great, necessary, and essential that Colorado Common Cause is hosting a discussion Thursday, April 6, on “Fighting Fake News in the Digital Age.”
The focus is on what we can do to combat fake news, besides complain about it and hope Facebook and Google do something for us.
Join the fake-news discussion and happy hour Thursday, April 6, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Irish Snug, 1201 East Colfax Ave. The program starts at 5:30.
RSVP via Colorado Common Cause’s Facebook-event page or by emailing cfry@commoncause.org.
One way to take action, which liberty advocate Ari Armstrong and I will discuss at the Common Cause event, is the Fake News Pledge. (Armstrong opposes it.)
By signing the pledge, lawmakers and citizens promise not to spread information, packaged somehow to look like news, on Facebook if it’s “deemed false or inaccurate by Snopes, Politifact, Factcheck.org, or by a respected news outlet.” If such information is accidentally posted, it will be removed unless “detailed reasons for not deleting it” are provided.
“We’ve all seen it before,” states Colorado Common Cause’s Facebook page promoting next Thursday’s event. “Our neighbor, uncle, or friend posts something on a social media site that is factually inaccurate. How should we react? Can we agree on what is truth and what is fiction? And how do we combat “fake news” at a time when this term is thrown around so casually?”
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It's an unimaginable task, but refudiating (sic/Palin) Republican lies as much as humanly possible is required. At some point, like a 3-year old who ate the cookies, they'll refrain.
But as long as they get away with it, they'll continue lying like Cory Gardner – and his dumass constituents will continue to believe it:
Did anyone in CO do that dirty task? Did his Institutional Brother correct his faulty memory? Did CPols call out Gardner's lies?
No, no, and no.
Our junior senator can be really passionate when his public words are channeling (and aligned with) his inner-Koch. I'm sure he blew the Cuyahoga Repubs away with his passion on the subject. He did, remember, vote to gut the ACA over 60 times in the lower chamber.
I'm awaiting his public praise for Cheetolini's latest move re: eliminating the Clean Power Plan.
thank you for that……….there it is: on tape, lie after lie after lie.
And here's Tom Delay lying on Chuck Todd's show yesterday without so much as a peep from the Million Dollar Journalist:
In any case, the interview should have ended right here:
Chuck Todd is running promos saying he's willing to "call balls and strikes". Problem is he doesn't have the balls to really do it and still pretends both sides are equally bad and good and truthful.
Former Representative John Dingell has an epic series of tweets (put out on March 21), commenting on the effort to get healthcare for all — starting with his father, the previous Rep. Dingell (#1), introducing legislation in 1943. Rep. Dingle (#2) worked on it his whole career, beginning in 1957. When the ACA passed, he was still at it. When he retired, Rep. Dingell (#3 — John's wife) took his place and continues the effort.
This is a great piece on white socialism…
Unspeakable Realities Block Universal Health Coverage In America