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Snopes: Nothing but the Truth
Read more: Snopes: Nothing but the TruthFact-checking website Snopes targeted by debunked conspiracy YouTuber J.K. Sheindlin in copyright delisting request Sheindlin runs the popular YouTube channel Nothing But the Truth Films (NBT), which claims to “present the black and white facts about the geopolitical climate [including] Islam, Illuminati, Freemasonry, Cults and more.” Last year, NBT uploaded a video purporting to show an…
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People Euthanizing Thousands of Animals (dot com)
Read more: People Euthanizing Thousands of Animals (dot com)Animal rights group PETA bought PeopleEuthanizingThousandsOfAnimals.Com and PeopleEuthanizingTastyAnimals.Net following criticism of its euthanasia programme People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is a Norfolk, Virginia-based animal rights nonprofit founded in 1980 by English-born Ingrid Newkirk. Ingrid Newkirk (source) In its mission statement, PETA says it aims “to stop animal suffering [using] every available opportunity to…
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Info-Warring (Part II)
Read more: Info-Warring (Part II)International Business Times files copyright complaint against conspiracy website InfoWars In February, I blogged about a series of DMCA copyright complaints filed against U.S. conspiracy website InfoWars. The complaints by pro-gun news website AmmoLand, Danish-run news website nsnbc international, plus a third accusation of content scraping by Cincinnati survivalist website On Point Preparedness, claimed that InfoWars republished their content without…
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Caputo Gets Streisanded
Read more: Caputo Gets StreisandedThe Washington Post covers Shooting the Messenger scoop re: Efforts by ex-Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo to scrub Russia from his Wikipedia bio On Monday, The Daily Beast reported my scoop that Caputo paid his PR firm to purge Wikipedia of evidence that he helped promote Russian President Vladimir Putin in the United States. Yesterday,…
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Wikipedia Offers Assistance to Ex-Trump “Wiki-Sneak”
Read more: Wikipedia Offers Assistance to Ex-Trump “Wiki-Sneak”Wikipedia invites ex-Trump advisor Michael Caputo “to one of our DC editing events to learn how to use Wikipedia properly” after he gets busted trying to scrub his online bio Last week, I blogged about Caputo’s attempts to purge Wikipedia of evidence that he helped promote Russian President Vladimir Putin in the United States. Michael…
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The Daily Beast Busts Ex-Trump “Wiki-Sneak”
Read more: The Daily Beast Busts Ex-Trump “Wiki-Sneak”Former Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo takes swipe at me in The Daily Beast for blogging about his campaign to scrub Russia from his Wikipedia bio source Via “Ex-Trump Aide Frantically Scrambles to Scrub Russia From Bio” by Lachlan Markay, The Daily Beast, November 6, 2017: Former Donald Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo is determined to…
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Caputo: Caught in the Web
Read more: Caputo: Caught in the WebFormer Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo paid his own PR firm to purge Wikipedia of his long-standing political ties to Russia Michael Caputo (source) According to Wikipedia editing records, Caputo recently paid Zeppelin Communications, a PR firm he co-founded in 2015 with Russian club owner Sergey George Petrushin, to delete evidence that he helped promote Russian…
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Snopes Chews Up False Cheeseburger Emoji Story
Read more: Snopes Chews Up False Cheeseburger Emoji StoryAward-winning fact-checking website Snopes cites my blog post debunking Fox News “cheeseburger emoji controversy” source Earlier this week I debunked claims that Fox News failed to report former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s indictment in favour of a story about cheeseburger emojis. The post has been cited by award-winning fact-checking website Snopes. From the “About” page…
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Brittain Gets Streisanded (Again)
Read more: Brittain Gets Streisanded (Again)Techdirt reports my post about Arizona Senate candidate/former revenge pornster Craig R. Brittain’s most recent efforts to delete criticism about himself from the web source Via “Craig Brittain’s Senate Race Page Reports Craig Brittain’s Personal Account As An ‘Imposter’” by Tim Cushing, Techdirt, October 31, 2017: Former revenge porn site owner Craig Brittain is now…
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Manafort Indictment: A Big Nothing Burger Emoji?
Read more: Manafort Indictment: A Big Nothing Burger Emoji?Did Fox News fail to report former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s indictment in favour of a story about cheeseburger emojis? Today saw the first charges in the investigation led by former FBI director Robert Mueller, who is examining allegations of collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government. Yet while CNN…
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