/tags/fake-news Fake News en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:50:00 GMT /austin/2020-02-18/fake-news-study-finds-truth-has-very-little-influence-on-what-we-believe A study headed by a professor at UT Austin's McCombs School of Business asked 80 undergraduates to identify which social media news headlines were real� Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:50:00 GMT /austin/2020-02-18/fake-news-study-finds-truth-has-very-little-influence-on-what-we-believe Jennifer Stayton /texas/2017-07-25/online-bots-are-spreading-fake-news-now-researchers-are-fighting-them-with-bots-of-their-own From Texas Standard:Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington are taking on the fake news of the world.The project, aptly named “Bot versus Bot:� Tue, 25 Jul 2017 20:58:08 GMT /texas/2017-07-25/online-bots-are-spreading-fake-news-now-researchers-are-fighting-them-with-bots-of-their-own Rhonda Fanning /texas/2017-03-03/cokie-roberts-is-optimistic-about-journalisms-future-in-the-age-of-trump From Texas Standard:"Journalism in the age of Trump" is more than just a very popular title right now for academic symposia. The media industry has been� Fri, 03 Mar 2017 20:00:00 GMT /texas/2017-03-03/cokie-roberts-is-optimistic-about-journalisms-future-in-the-age-of-trump Laura Rice /2017-02-17/with-fake-news-trump-moves-from-alternative-facts-to-alternative-language The phrase is a threat to democracy, as a Republican strategist and a left-leaning linguist both explain to NPR. Sat, 18 Feb 2017 01:27:00 GMT /2017-02-17/with-fake-news-trump-moves-from-alternative-facts-to-alternative-language Danielle Kurtzleben /texas/2017-02-14/librarians-are-on-the-front-lines-in-the-fight-against-fake-news From Texas Standard:Fake news is all over the place � you've probably got at least a few people in your Facebook feed that share it. Even some of our� Tue, 14 Feb 2017 20:00:00 GMT /texas/2017-02-14/librarians-are-on-the-front-lines-in-the-fight-against-fake-news Alexandra Hart /politics/2016-12-15/facebook-details-its-new-plan-to-combat-fake-news-stories If a story fails a fact-check test, Facebook will warn users if they try to share the fake news. The company will rely on third-party groups to vet stories that are flagged. Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:21:00 GMT /politics/2016-12-15/facebook-details-its-new-plan-to-combat-fake-news-stories Bill Chappell /politics/2016-12-12/sid-miller-defends-fake-news-on-his-facebook-page-im-not-a-news-source-updated Update (Dec. 12) � Commissioner Miller joined Chad Hasty of KFYO in Lubbock to discuss both the Tribune's analysis of his Facebook activity and KUT's� Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:15:23 GMT /politics/2016-12-12/sid-miller-defends-fake-news-on-his-facebook-page-im-not-a-news-source-updated Nathan Bernier /politics/2016-12-03/on-texas-ag-chief-sid-millers-facebook-fake-news-flows-freely From the Texas Tribune:Thousands of Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller's followers on social media might believe that terrorists are � in his words� Sat, 03 Dec 2016 21:15:38 GMT /politics/2016-12-03/on-texas-ag-chief-sid-millers-facebook-fake-news-flows-freely Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune