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Monday, November 28, 2016

Journalism agenda: “Some Fake News Publishers happen to be Donald Trump’s Cronies…

Some Fake News Publishers Just Happen to Be Donald Trump’s Cronies

The Intercept by Lee Fang

The extraordinary phenomenon of fake news spread by Facebook and other social media during the 2016 presidential election has been largely portrayed as a lucky break for Donald Trump.

By that reckoning, entrepreneurial Macedonian teenagers, opportunists in Tbilisiand California millennials have exploited social media algorithms in order to make money — only incidentally leading to the viral proliferation of mostly anti-Clinton and anti-Obama hoaxes and conspiracy theories that thrilled many Trump supporters. The Washington Post published a shoddy report on Thursday alleging that Russian state-sponsored propagandists were seeking to promote Trump through fabricated stories for their own reasons, independent of the candidate himself.

Trump’s presidential hires and advisors own a hell of a lot of fake news sites

Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

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Floyd Brown invented the Reagan-era Willie Horton lie, helped create the Citizens United group, and now owns Liftable Media, including sites like Conservative Tribune (50th most-trafficked site in the USA) and Western Journalism (81st), whence came fake news stories like the lie that Obama had altered the White House logo to include a white flag of surrender (the logo change came from GWB’s White House);

Beyond fake news: the “constructed realities” of the polarized world

Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

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Gilad Lotan — our favorite fake-news sleuthing data-scientist — writes about the problem of not-quite-fake news, which is much more pernicious than mere lies: it’s news that uses attention-shaping, one-sided “news” accounts that divide their readers into their own “constructed realities.”

RISJ report highlights the rise and impact of fact-checking sites across Europe

Journalism.co.uk

Three quarters of fact-checkers who responded to the survey consider themselves journalists, and 40 per cent say they are activists

Clickbait, fake news and the power of feeling

The Social Software Weblog

Fake news has dominated post-election headlines, and important questions have been asked: Would Hillary have won had almost a million people not read that Pope Francis had endorsed Trump? (Probably not). Did Facebook take enough action to prevent fak..

How Reuters trains its journalists to work with new technologies and collaborate in the newsroom

Journalism.co.uk

Reuters journalists are encouraged to ‘think graphically’ and experiment with new formats and technologies to build on their reporting

How to avoid getting fooled by fake news on Facebook

The Next Web by Bryan Clark

As rumblings of a fake news problem turned into chatter, and then a crescendo, Mark Zuckerberg backed away slowly, insisting the company he founded, Facebook, didn’t have a problem. Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99% of what people see is authentic. Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes. The hoaxes that do exist are not limited to one partisan view, or even to politics. Overall, this makes it extremely unlikely hoaxes changed the outcome of this election in one direction or the other. He obviously has better, or smarter, friends than I do. As we continue…

“No one ever corrected themselves on the basis of what we wrote”: A look at European fact-checking sites

Nieman Journalism Lab by Laura Hazard Owen

Oxford Dictionaries recently chose “post-truth” as its international word of the year. The spread of fake news on Facebook helped propel Donald Trump to victory. And mainstream news organizations are grappling with questions about balance and calling out political candidates’ lies.

Beyond ‘fake news’: Challenges for journalists debunking misinformation online

Journalism.co.uk

Journalists should use verification techniques and tools to spot fake news websites or authentic materials used in the wrong context

Die Welt’s in-house analytics tool gives articles a score to measure their impact online

Journalism.co.uk

The tool aggregates data from multiple sources and metrics such as engagement time and video views to score articles from 0 to 30

How mobile journalism can help reporters get closer to the story

Journalism.co.uk

Dutch mobile journalist Geertje Algera explains why she has moved from using traditional cameras to reporting with her iPhone

Inside Vox Media’s Storytelling Studio, a hub for developing multi-platform editorial projects

Journalism.co.uk

‘We want to constantly question, experiment, and test different elements within a story, so we are always trying to test one question or assumption to see if we can learn from that’

Tip: Remember these guidelines for spotting fake news online

Journalism.co.uk

A lack of quotes and links and a slightly altered domain name of a well-known news outlet can raise a red flag about the story you’re reading

Tip: 6 pointers for effective data visualisations from Google

Journalism.co.uk

Check out this advice to help you create captivating data stories

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Anthro roundup: The populist battle over a Christmas figure in the Netherlands…

BBC Turkish says reporter, Hatice Kamer, freed in southeast Turkey

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BBC Turkish says reporter freed in southeast Turkey

Turkish authorities on Nov. 27 freed a reporter for the BBC’s Turkish language service in the southeast of the country after holding her for a day without explanation, the broadcaster said

Turkey detains BBC journalist reporting on mine disaster

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Staff and agencies

Hatice Kamer, a journalist working for the BBC’s Turkish-language service, freed after being held in south-east of country

Turkish authorities have freed a reporter for the BBC’s Turkish-language service after holding her for a day without explanation, the broadcaster said.

Turkey torture claims in wake of failed coup – BBC News

BBC – Nov 27

Selcen Bayun plays the video on her phone – and takes a deep breath. Even after watching it multiple times since 15 July, it still shocks. ‘That’s my client.’ she says, pointing to a man with a head injury. ‘He and the others were beaten, their

75 pct of Turkish citizens believe Turkey is drifting away from EU

Some 75 percent of Turkish citizens believe Turkey is drifting away from the European Union, while 44 percent of them believe freezing membership talks is a positive development.

VOA Reporter Detained in Turkey

voanews.com – Nov 26

Turkish authorities on Saturday detained Khajijan Farqin, a freelance reporter working for Voice of America, in Diyarbakir. Details of her arrest were relayed by a family friend, who said the reasons for Farqin’s detention remained unclear. Her

An American in Turkey’s Prisons. In for a Crime? No, in for a Dollar.

The Daily Beast – Nov 25, 10:00 PM

Since the July coup attempt, Erdogan’s vindictive paranoia knows no bounds, and Americans are among the victims in his stifling jails. The second in a series of articles about the author’s experiences in Turkish prisons and the people she met

Coup aftershocks

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

What has been the effect of the sacking or suspension of 125,000 state employees?

Erdoğan believes abuse bill may be reintroduced securing consensus

A highly contentious proposal from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) that would have legitimized some forms of child abuse was prepared without the necessary care but will return to parliament after gaining a wide consensus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said

Thousands of suspended teachers return to duty in Turkey

Thousands of teachers in Turkey who were suspended from duty during an investigation into alleged terror links have returned to their duties

Over 15,500 public personnel dismissed with new emergency decrees in Turkey

More than 15,500 public personnel in Turkey have been dismissed from their posts with two new state of emergency decrees, the Official Gazette reported early on Nov. 22

‘Who is Demirtaş’ Violence by Police Against Tourist from Germany

Bianet :: English

Leonard Viohl, from Germany, has been beaten by police as police found a paper reading “Free Demirtaş” on the day when HDP politicians were arrested. Viohl took audio record during the incident.

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Saturday, November 28, 2015

New economic sanctions on Turkey by Russia as she also halts visa-free regime for Turks from Jan 1…

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Putin approves sanctions on Turkey after jet downing

Putin signs document that introduces sharp economic sanctions on Turkey, which include banning Turkish employment in the country, according to a statement by the Kremlin press service.

Erdogan expresses ‘sadness’ over Russian jet shot down

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Turkey’s president voices “sadness” over downing of Russian jet on Syria border, saying he wishes it hadn’t happened.

Turkey advises citizens against travel to Russia

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Official advice to postpone all non-urgent travel is latest move in row over shooting down of Russian jet

Putin refuses contacts with Erdoğan as Turkey not ready to apologise: Kremlin aide

Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to contact President Erdoğan because Ankara does not want to apologise for the downing of a Russian warplane, Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s aide, said on Nov. 27

Russia halts visa-free regime for Turks from Jan 1: Lavrov

Russia said on Nov. 27 it would suspend its visa-free regime for Turkish nationals from Jan. 1 as it retaliates against Ankara for the downing of a Russian warplane

Erdoğan: We haven’t Shot Down the Plane on Purpose

Bianet :: English

President Erdoğan at an opening ceremony in Bayburt questioning what Russia has been doing in Syria said they haven’t shot down the plane on purpose and warns Russia to “not play with fire”

Russia ‘playing with fire’, warns Turkey, as Moscow imposes visa regime

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Shaun Walker in Moscow

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan steps up the war of words after Russia’s latest retaliatory measures in the wake of the downing of its fighter jet

Turkey: What Price Will Ankara Pay for Downing Russian Fighter?

EurasiaNet.org – Turkey

Three days after Turkey’s November 24 downing of a Russian fighter jet, Turkish leaders seem ready for Kremlin blowback. But analysts and officials in Ankara are less sure about how the incident will impact Turkey’s relations with its allies.

Kremlin says Turkey’s Erdoğan requests meeting with Putin in Paris

Turkish President Erdoğan has requested a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Putin, in Paris on Nov. 30, the Kremlin has said, although sources in Ankara stated no date has been set yet

Erdoğan and Putin may meet in Paris, but not yet scheduled: Turkish presidency

A meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the global climate summit in Paris on Nov. 30 is possible, but not scheduled yet, according to Turkish presidential sources

Pro-War Media

Bianet :: English

“Us vs. them” dichotomy causes on media to be spoken in Turkey’s name in crisis periods, and sometimes even cause to be more “us” than society and government.

Putin’s Syrian Roulette

Project Syndicate by Omar Ashour

The downing of a Russian civilian airliner over the Sinai Peninsula and the terrorist massacre in Paris seemed to give Russia and the West something to agree upon: the Islamic State must go. But a closer look at Russia’s military operations in Syria suggests that the two sides’ objectives in the Middle East are still far from aligned.

Turkey ‘knew downed plane was Russian’

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin rejects as “impossible” Turkey’s claims it did not know the fighter jet it shot down was Russian.

VIDEO: Russia spokesperson sets out Syria plan

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Speaking to the BBC after the downing of a Russian warplane by a Turkish jet, Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, set out the details of the country’s plan in Syria

Russia imposes sanctions on Turkey over downed plane

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Shaun Walker in Moscow

Russian prime minister says punitive steps could include halting joint economic projects, restricting financial transactions and changing customs duties

Russia has announced that it will impose import sanctions on Turkey and cancel major investment projects as the spat between the two countries over the downed Su-24 fighter jet continues.

Russia-Turkey tension: How Putin acts in a crisis

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Furious at Turkey – but he doesn’t always lash out

Turkey’s military council urges to keep channels of communications open with Russia

Turkey’s top gov’t and military officials have said Ankara and Moscow should keep all diplomatic and military channels of communication open

Turkey deliberately dragging ties to a dead end: Putin

Turkey is deliberately attempting to bring relations between Moscow and Ankara to a standstill, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Nov. 26

Russia cancels Turkey meeting and warns its citizens not to visit – video

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov announces on Tuesday that a visit to Turkey, which had been planned for Wednesday, has been cancelled following Russian-Turkish tensions over a downed Russian fighter jet near the Turkish-Syrian border. Lavrov also said that the foreign ministry recommends Russian citizens do not visit Turkey due to the threat of terrorism

Medvedev: Turkey has direct links to ISIS oil trade
New Europe

Some Turkish officials have a ‘direct financial interest’ in the oil trade with the terrorist group Islamic State, Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev said as he detailed possible Russian retaliation to Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane in ..

Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet is a grave error
Al-Arabiya

24, Turkey went from threats to deeds. According to a leaked letter of the permanent mission of Turkey to the United Nations, revealed by WikiLeaks, the Russian fighter jet that was shot down by Turkey had been violating its airspace for only 17 seconds.

Behind Russian Jet’s Downing, Building Tensions and Frustrations for Turkey

NYT > Turkey by By KEITH BRADSHER

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had several nuanced reasons to allow Turkish pilots to open fire, analysts say, including his irritation with Russia over issues beyond Syria.

The shooting down of a Russian jet tangles the diplomatic web still further | Yavuz Baydar

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Yavuz Baydar

The plane’s downing shows any solution to the Syrian conflict needs the US and Russia to work together, closely overseeing their allies

Rescued Russian pilot claims no warning before jet downed

One of the Russian pilots of a fighter jet shot down by Turkey on the Syrian border told state media on Nov. 25 that there was no prior warning

Russia Denies Turkish Meeting Statement

Bianet :: English

The statement claiming Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov to meet Turkish Mnister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu has been strongly denied by Russia.

Turkey violated Greek airspace 2244 in 2014
New Europe

A Senior Turkish official told Reuters about the strike: “The data we have is very clear. There were two planes approaching our border, we warned them as they were getting too close…Our findings show clearly that Turkish air space was violated ..

Russian jet incident planned, Turkish opposition member says

The Nov. 24 downing of a Russian fighter jet that violated Turkey’s border with Syria by the Turkish military was planned, according to a senior figure from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)

Turkey’s allies urge for calm after Turkey downs Russian jet

Allies of Turkey urged for calm between Ankara and Moscow, after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border on Nov. 24, citing airspace violations despite repeated warnings from the Turkish side

Putin says Russians in Turkey ‘may be facing serious danger’

Russian nationals staying in Turkey may be facing serious danger, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, a day after Turkey downed a Russian Su-24 fighter jet on its border with Syria due to an alleged airspace violation

Vladimir Putin: navigator of downed Russian jet is alive – video

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Vladimir Putin says the navigator of a Russian jet downed by Turkish F-16s over Syria on Tuesday is alive.

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