Hey News Media, Time to Raise the Roof!
Fake News, Fake Political Ads -- Headline Material . A Simple Proposal EVERY DAY, EVERY EDITION, FRONT PAGE LISTING AND DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY OTHER COUNTRIES Every fake ad, every "viral" post, every fake comment on a story... list 'em all, Clearly identify the bastards by copy points, visual references, talent descriptions. Define this subject as a beat. Put your smartest people on identifying these propaganda poison darts. Leave the stories up, put them on every Net presence you have. Show compounding lists. Identify the originating countries. Call out every lie. Describe how the lie works -- partial truth, heavy repetition, etc. Give this story "above the fold" and lots of graphics and pictures treatment. BE THE ANTIDOTE TO INTERNATIONAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE! I'm askin'. I'm beggin'. Newsguard Reality Check: overview