Don't Be An Idiot on the Internet

Politics Aside

https://www.facebook.com/politicsasideshow/ https://twitter.com/PolAsidePod politicsasideshow.com Erin Gibson joins the show to talk about "Fake News" TEDx talk - Whoa, Wait, What? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LawMNRr6AtU State of Journalism Fake News News Literacy - don't be an idiot on the internet Norman Schwarzkopf is dead...again United States of Amnesia .com.co go away sites/articles that look like real news - Empire News example Jerry Seinfeld taping in Evansville (fake news) sketchy places on the internet confirmation bias with ridiculous articles training ourselves to go past the whoa moment to check the story for truth Dwell in the Pause Jon Webb article for Courier Press - http://www.courierpress.com/story/opinion/columnists/jon-webb/2017/05/21/webb-some-local-resistance-dont-buy-russia-story/101841884/ woodward - binge drinking the anti-trump kool aid - http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/woodward-reporters-binge-drinking-the-anti-trump-kool-aid/article/2623582 The Media - doesn't exist. not a hive mentality what is a news source and what gives them credibility one mistake does not throw out the whole thing robot news writing media needs to own up to mistakes - fix it whether someone has noticed or not transparency is what we are looking for commentary vs journalism hard to tell who is paid vs not paid commentators on cable news Anderson Cooper - personality vs journalist find the journalism being done well and reward it teaching journalism students how to combat the fake news label seek truth and report what you find, and minimize harm anonymous sources and what criteria grant a source anonymity obfuscation dystopia is ahead if we keep on the distrust path FB/Twitter/website/subscribe Book Club All the Kings Men - Robert Penn Warren - https://www.amazon.com/All-Kings-Robert-Penn-Warren-ebook/dp/B00A1TEZA6/ James Comey FBI no longer - testifying after memorial day independent counsel - Robert Mueller best outcome for both sides? Justin in DC recently Jason Chaffetz - House government oversight committee word bubbles caused Clinton to lose, not Comey - article 2020 Presidential Candidates Dwayne Johnson and Tom Hanks Iron Sheik Tweet of the week