fake news
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BIDLACK | There are lies, damned lies — and social media
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Every so often, I’m asked how I go about writing these columns twice a week. My usual process is to sit at my computer with my copy of the Colorado Springs Gazette from that morning, with the ColoradoPolitics.com website open on my monitor, a can of Coke Zero by my side. I look for something…
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BIDLACK | ‘Our nation is strong enough to weather vile speech’
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George Washington didn’t use the internet. In the era the Constitution was written, information and opinions could travel no faster than a galloping horse or a ship at sea. And in that slower time, a remarkable group of intellectuals crafted what has become the longest lasting written constitution in world history. Pretty impressive, to be…
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BIDLACK | We have become a nation of biased listeners
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I’ve written before on bias in the media, and how polarized our country has become. Readers may recall that I compared the current political unpleasantness to our nation in roughly 1850, when disagreement also meant disloyalty and likely enemy status. I also wrote on what I called bold hypocrisy, wherein some national leaders, our current…
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Who are the bigger suckers for fake news? Dems or GOP? Read on …
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Chances are you’ve seen fake news pass through your social media feeds, but are you good at spotting it? Two Colorado State University-Pueblo seniors set out to find out last spring. Now, they are taking their research on fake news on the road and around the globe to present at two conferences. Chianna Schoenthaler and…
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Trump’s first State of the Union touches on Colorado concerns
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President Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday night to seek unity after a divisive first year, while Colorado’s undocumented immigrants and highway builders listened closely. He upped his promise of $1 trillion for infrastructure to $1.5 trillion by promising to leverage local and state dollars and private investment. He called for…
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Q&A with Jason Salzman: Where activism meets journalism
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Let conservatives go ahead and wave off his brand of journalism as slanted and partisan if they so choose; Jason Salzman readily owns up to his leftward leanings – but he’ll tell you facts are facts. The onetime Rocky Mountain News media critic turned progressive blogger, who gamely takes on Colorado’s right-of-center political pantheon, says…
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Fake news to the left, fake news to the right; here we are, stuck in the middle with you
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As we prepare to close out 2017, the mania over #FakeNews probably warrants a last hurrah before giving way to 2018’s hottest hashtags. Jason Salzman’s left-leaning media watchdog, The Big Media Blog, has released its “Colorado Fake News Awards 2017” as part of its campaign to call out those on the political right who use social…
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BIDLACK: Patriotism by proxy
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Back in the mid 1990’s, I was sent by the Air Force Academy to the University of Michigan to pursue a Ph.D., after which I returned to the USAFA faculty to continue teaching. During that grad school stint, we chose to live in a small town about 45 minutes north of Ann Arbor. We enjoyed…
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Denver Public Library training students to spot fake news
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It played a significant role in our last presidential election, possibly swaying the result. It’s easily spread far and wide on social media platforms. It’s even often used by President Donald Trump to fire back at media outlets after negative press. It’s become a buzzword in our modern politics. Fake news. And as National Public…
