“Fake news ‘crowding out’ real news, MPs say”

Jul 30, 2018 | In the news

Tags: fake news

I can’t work out why we need new rules and committees of enquiry about fake news on the internet when we’ve been happy for our tabloids to churn it out for years. Is it because old-style newspapers are only read by grown ups who can tell the difference? Do we all automatically believe everything we read on Facebook and Twitter, if we read them at all?  I doubt the majority of Trump and Brexit voters did; or do…

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“Apple versus the world”

Apple has just launched its first actual new product in quite a while, a virtual reality gizmo, and that is quite big news. What they do put out there is usually a big seller and makes still more big bucks.