Identical letters to the editor published in newspapers nationwide

Identical letters to the editor published in newspapers nationwide

Source: Newspapers run IDENTICAL letters slamming Trump’s Supreme Court pick | Daily Mail Online At least one of the signatories to the letter says she never sent the letter and suggests that her name was lifted off a petition. This was an astro-turf propaganda operation, flooding the world with a message that is made to look like it comes “from the people” (grass roots) when in fact, it was manufactured by an organization or public relations agency working on behalf…

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Facebook ‘closed’ and private groups were not confidential

Facebook ‘closed’ and private groups were not confidential

Facebook users may choose to belong to private or closed groups. Some joined a private group for people having a gene associated with breast cancer – and likely did not want that information publicly shared. However, a feature of Facebook enabled Chrome plug-ins to harvest the names of members of closed groups. “A genetic test result like BRCA is protected by HIPAA [the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] and it can’t be shared with marketers, if it is in…

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Can email scammers steal medical records? Yes

Can email scammers steal medical records? Yes

This week, one of the largest health care providers in the State of California emailed to me the entire 101 page medical records of one of their patients. I have no relationship with this health care provider and do not live in California. By sending someone’s medical records to a random stranger on the Internet (me), this health care provider lost all control of their patient’s medical records. I informed the provider, and I also filed a HIPAA violation complaint…

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Manufacturing negative news about SpaceX’s team delivery of mini-sub

Manufacturing negative news about SpaceX’s team delivery of mini-sub

Elon Musk calls out BBC New’s incorrect news report. The full correspondence may be seen here. BBC News is well aware of Richard Stanton and his role in the cave rescue. But as is typical, the news had to find “fault” with someone who is voluntarily spending his own money and assigning his own team and delivering a solution, at his own expense and time, to the incident. The BBC has since rewritten their story. The media establishment has, for…

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We may be wrong but he is even “wronger”, or something :)

We may be wrong but he is even “wronger”, or something :)

The adversarial relationship developed into a full-scale propaganda war between the Administration and the media. The way to respond to accusations of fictional news reporting is to double down on accuracy, objectivity and remaining calm. Unfortunately, the news industry continues to harm itself through self destructive behavior typical of middle school drama. This behavior is bewildering. [1] Some of the items described in the article were previously confirmed by me, although not necessarily mentioned on this blog. Based on my…

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Yet another fake social media propaganda poster

Yet another fake social media propaganda poster

Some one took quotes that were manufactured for a satirical news web site and turned them into a propaganda poster. The title and quotes are from a satire news site called The Babylon Bee. This was widely shared and commented upon as if this was real, showing the gullibility of idiots who believe what they see on social media. The title is humorous (had us LOL) but this is all fake. And do take note of the last sentence in…

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Facebook’s artificially intelligent political spam filters repeatedly filtering out legitimate content

Facebook’s artificially intelligent political spam filters repeatedly filtering out legitimate content

From the Declaration of Independence to a paid music video, Facebook’s automated censorship system is flagging the wrong things. Facebook even prohibited a city government’s listing of 4th of July events as being “political” statements! And news media is finding that their news reports, cross posted to Facebook, get censored. Source: Facebook faces questions after flagging country song as ‘political’ content | KATU

Journalism executive creates online news service as click-bait propaganda outlet

Journalism executive creates online news service as click-bait propaganda outlet

NowThis News claims to be in the journalism business, but don’t be fooled. This click-bait venture, which was founded in 2015 by Huffington Post co-founder Kenneth Lerer, is your basic, run-of-the-mill propaganda outfit. Its real goal is the spread of political agitprop. The twist here is that NowThis disguises itself as a genuine newsroom. In reality, this site has less in common with the Wall Street Journal, which does actual journalism, than it does with the low-level Resistance grift, which…

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Hold the presses! National news! “Starbucks barista in Philadelphia alledgedly mocked customer’s stutter”

Hold the presses! National news! “Starbucks barista in Philadelphia alledgedly mocked customer’s stutter”

This is a LOCAL story at best. The news media continues to damage itself into irrelevancy by promoting local click bait trivia stories into a national conversation: A barista at a Starbucks cafe in Philadelphia is accused of mocking a man with a stutter. Source: Starbucks barista in Philadelphia alledgedly mocked customer’s stutter This is not national news. This is creative writing by a trivia reporter designed to hook an emotional response. Emotional nonsense news is perfect for sharing on…

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