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FAKE NEWS CONSPIRACY DISINFORMATION
2.1 sources per story 2.75 sources per story 2.42 sources per story
Ukraine President Petro Russian president's call for peace towards Europe-
ans: The USA desire to overtake Russian lands and
The BBC's documentary presents
Proshenko's chocolate company wealth and destroy its population, even if that new evidence suggesting that the
produces chocolates with
means war in Europe and slaughter of European
nations. [...]
downing of the Malaysian Airlines
pictures of Vladimir Putin plane MH17 was caused by a shot
MIGRANTS CZECH REPUBLIC from a Ukrainian fighter jet rather
Twenty Ukrainian soldiers died and 200 were Leaked email correspondence of Czech Prime than a ground-to-air missile
hospitalized with the deadly California flu virus outside Minister Bohuslav Sobotka shows how the
the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv heads of governments manipulate the public
NATO US MILITARISM
during the migration apocalypse, which aims at
deliberate destruction of national states and NATO threatens security in Europe;
SEXUAL HARASSMENT MIGRANTS totalitarian rule of Brussels oligarchy directed [...] is moving in the direction of
from Berlin. [...]
Russian girl raped in Berlin by migrants containing and deterring Russia
NATO US MILITARISM
Migrants harassed a Russian girl in Murmansk, 18 of
them ended up in a hospital, 33 in jail World War III is about to begin, 120 countries gather
their armies, and the media remain silent. UKRAINE
UKRAINE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE The United States has failed to uphold a promise The IMF entered the Cold War, forgives
that NATO would not expand into Eastern Europe, a
Kyiv school teaches how to forget Russian language
deal made during the 1990 negotiations between the Ukraine's debt to Russia
West and the Soviet Union over German unification
[...]
3 November
SUCCESSFUL IN SETTING
3 October
ABCNEWS.COM.CO 5 November
THELASTLINEOFDEFENSE.ORG
THE FAKE NEWS AGENDA?
Actor Bill Murray Announces 2016
Presidential Run Van Full Of Illegals Shows Up To Vote
PACIFISM 11 October Clinton At SIX Polling Places, Still
WORLDNEWSDAILYREPORT.COM
Think Voter Fraud Is A Myth? 11 December
Timeline of best performing fake VOTER FRAUD, ANTI-IMMIGRATION SENTIMENT
ABCNEWS.COM.CO
ISIS Leader Calls for American
news stories about the US elections Muslim Voters to Support Hillary 5 November
Obama Signs Executive Order
Clinton Banning The Pledge Of Allegiance In
on Facebook in 2016 and events they ANTI-MUSLIM SENTIMENT THELASTLINEOFDEFENSE.ORG Schools Nationwide
editorialise. Successful fake news 14 October
WHOA! Hillary Caught On Hot Mic NATIONALIST SENTIMENT
Trashing Beyonce’ With RACIAL SLURS!
stories appear to exploit populist 7 September
WORLDNEWSDAILYREPORT.COM ANTI-CLINTON
12 December
BURRARDSTREETJOURNAL.COM 5 November ABCNEWS.COM.CO
themes such as anti-establishment RUPAUL CLAIMS TRUMP TOUCHED
Obama Signs Executive Order Declaring
President Obama Confirms He Will HIM INAPPROPRIATELY IN THE DENVER GUARDIAN
sentiment, nationalist and anti- Refuse To Leave Office If Trump Is 1990S FBI Agent Suspected in Hillary Email Investigation Into Election Results;
Elected Revote Planned For Dec. 19th
immigration sentiment as well as
MISOGYNY
Leaks Found Dead in Apparent
PRESIDENTIAL RACE CORRUPTION OF POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT
18 September 15 October Murder-Suicide
perceived or projected weaknesses of
Dead In Jail Cell Endorses Donald Trump for Hillary Clinton In 2013: “I Would Like To See
22 November
ANTI-CLINTON President, Releases Statement People Like Donald Trump Run For Office;
23 July CORRUPTION OF THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT They’re Honest And Can’t Be Bought” ABCNEWS.COM.CO
BIZSTANDARDNEWS.COM PRO-ENTREPRENEURIALIST SENTIMENT Donald Trump Protester Speaks Out: I
8 March
Graham Says Christians Must Was Paid $3,500 To Protest Trumps Rally
REACT365.COM ANTI-CLINTON
Support Trump or Face Death Camps
Obama passed law for grandparents ANTI-DEMOCRAT 25 July
to get all their grandchildren every KYPO6.COM
weekend
N/A
Pope Francis Shocks World,
11 March Endorses Hillary Clinton for
President, Releases Statement
HEAVIERMETAL.NET ANTI-TRUMP 29 July
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE To BURRARDSTREETJOURNAL.COM
Reunite And Release Anti Donald Trump Claims America Should Never
Trump Album Have Given Canada Its Independence
ANTI-TRUMP
NATIONALIST SENTIMENT
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Events
Trump Says Sexual Assault Allegations
14 Oct
are "Made-Up Stories"
–IB Times Donald Trump continues to accuse Democrats of voter fraud.
On Saturday 5th November, Trump claimed the late opening of 7 Nov
Michelle Obama denounces a voting site in a Latino neighorhood of Las Vegas due
Trump's comment on women to long lines pointed to a "rigged system."
–NY Times –Democracy Now
22 A FIELD GUIDE TO FAKE NEWS CHAPTER 1: MAPPING FAKE NEWS HOTSPOTS ON FACEBOOK 23
WHICH FACEBOOK PAGES
AND GROUPS PROMOTED Women SCOUTS for TRUMP (c)
ENGAGEMENT? WOMEN4TRUMP
26 A FIELD GUIDE TO FAKE NEWS CHAPTER 1: MAPPING FAKE NEWS HOTSPOTS ON FACEBOOK 27
DO FACEBOOK PUBLICS
HAVE PREFERRED K
STORY THEMES?
T
Network of Facebook pages and groups
connected by the fake news stories
which they share. Notable is the core of H N Fake News Headlines
the network which consists of a series A FBI Agent Suspected in Hillary Email
Leaks Found Dead in Apparent
of pages and groups associated with Murder-Suicide
B Hillary Clinton In 2013: “I Would Like
Trump supporters which are animated L To See People Like Donald Trump Run
by anti-Hillary stories. D.L. Hughley
For Office; They’re Honest And Can’t
Be Bought”
C ISIS Leader Calls for American Muslim
Voters to Support Hillary Clinton
P D Donald Trump Protester Speaks Out:
O "I Was Paid $3,500 To Protest
Trump's Rally"
E Obama Signs Executive Order
Declaring Investigation Into Election
Results; Revote Planned For Dec. 19th
The Burrard R
Street Journal F WHOA! Hillary Caught On Hot Mic
Trashing Beyonce’ With RACIAL
SLURS!
G Van Full Of Illegals Shows Up To Vote
Clinton At SIX Polling Places, Still
Hillary Clinton Think Voter Fraud Is A Myth?
Revolution H RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE To
Reunite And Release Anti Donald
Colorado for Donald Trump Album
M Trump 2016 S
J Reclaim America The Resistance: The Last I Obama Signs Executive Order Banning
Line Of Defense The Pledge Of Allegiance In Schools
Nationwide
One Nation J BREAKING Romanian Hacker With
Under God Access To Clinton Emails Found Dead
America's Veterans C In Jail Cell
are Loved
E K Actor Bill Murray Announces 2016
Presidential Run
Donald Trump
Commander
U L Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses
in Chief 2020 Hillary Clinton for President, Releases
I
Q F Statement
FAKE AMOUNT OF G M Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses
NEWS URL INTERACTIONS F@CK YOU HILLARY
Stop the Mosque Donald Trump for President, Releases
in Bendigo Statement
CLINTON WE HATE YOU!
N Trump Claims America Should Never
30 A FIELD GUIDE TO FAKE NEWS CHAPTER 1: MAPPING FAKE NEWS HOTSPOTS ON FACEBOOK 31
WHAT KINDS OF WORKERS NEWS GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS/ CITIZEN VIGILANTES PUBLIC FIGURE
BY FAKE NEWS?
Actor Republican
OTHER Politician
Types of Facebook publics animated Italian Climate Page Critical Liberal News / Republican
For Liberty
and Property
White For
Lives Information
Against Trump Against
Republicans
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by fake news, according to a manual Left Skeptics Dedicated
Aggregators
Matter Freedom
to the
classification of pages that share fake Philipines
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news items. Notable are grassroots Owners
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activists for a variety of issues, SOCIAL CHANGE Against ENTERTAINERS
News News Alternative
Pro Latino Human Progessives Aggregator News Mainstream Anti-conservatism US Patriots
political candidate loyalists as well as rights Media
entertainers. Against Gun
Control
Against Gun Advocates Anonymous
Violence
Against
Corruption
Non-PC News
Bernie Loyalists
DISCUSSION SPACE
Political Anti
Commentary establishment
Politcal
Commentary
Anti-Democrat
BUSINESS MUSIC/ENTERTAIMENT
Punk Tattoo Fashion COMMUNITY
Spritual Democrat Community Pro Military
HIERARCY
Community
Bussiness Motivational
Speaker Progessive
CATEGORY
Community
Dating app
Sub-category Survivalist
Republican Community
FACEBOOK PAGES
Pro-Black
PER CATEGORY
Religious
OCCUPY MOVEMENT
1
2
3 CLICKBAIT
WOMEN-FOCUSED
34 A FIELD GUIDE TO FAKE NEWS CHAPTER 1: MAPPING FAKE NEWS HOTSPOTS ON FACEBOOK 35
ARE DEBUNKING Rage Against the Machine To Reunite
And Release Anti Donald Trump Album
Actor Bill Murray Announces
2016 Presidential Run
Mike Pence: “Sarah Palin Is
My Role Model For Beautiful,
President Obama Confirms
He Will Refuse To Leave Office
Trump Offering Free One-Way
Tickets to Africa; Mexico for Those
WEB PAGES Pubished the 11th of March 2016
on heaviermetal.net
Pubished the 3th of October 2016
on www.abcnews.com.co
Smart American Women”
Pubished the 18th of September 2016
If Trump Is Elected
Pubished the 7th of September 2016
Who Wanna Leave America
Pubished the 11th of November 2016
ACKNOWLEDGED
on www.politicops.com on www.burrardstreetjournal.com on www.tmzhiphop.com
BY THE PUBLICS OF
FAKE NEWS?
Obama passed law for grandparents
to get all their grandchildren
every weekend
Pubished the 8th of March 2016
Fake news pages and debunking on www.react365.com
Obama Signs Executive Order Pope Francis Shocks World, Pope Francis Shocks World, Obama Signs Executive Order Donald Trump Protester
Fake Declaring Investigation Into Election Endorses Hillary Clinton for Endorses Donald Trump for Banning The Pledge Of Allegiance Speaks Out: I Was Paid $3,500
Results; Revote Planned For Dec. 19th President, Releases Statement President, Releases Statement In Schools Nationwide To Protest Trump's Rally
Debunk Pubished the 12th of December 2016 Pubished the 25th of July 2016 Pubished the 26th of September 2016 Pubished the 11th of December 2016 Pubished the 22th of November 2016
on www.abcnews.com.co on www.kypo6.com on Ending The Fed on www.abcnews.com.co on www.abcnews.com.co
Hillary Clinton
POST INTERACTIONS Criminalize
for President in 2016
Conservatism
56 A FIELD GUIDE TO FAKE NEWS CHAPTER 1: MAPPING FAKE NEWS HOTSPOTS ON FACEBOOK 57
WHAT IS THE LIFE OF
THE “POPE ENDORSES
TRUMP” STORY
Buzzfeed Thejournal
Theguardian Vox
ACCORDING TO PAGES
Truthorfiction Dinarvets
Godlikeproductions
Washingtonpost Truthorfiction
RESULTS?
Commonwealmagazine Earnthenecklace
Wtoe5news Justplainpolitics
Newsbreakshere
Thebassbarn
Snopes
Chronological network of the cross- Nymag
Niemanlab
references between the pages Nytimes
Nytimes
mentioning the “Pope Endorses Uk
Morningnewsusa
Trump” story. In this image it is not Theguardian
Factcheck
Slate
GOOGLE RANK
WITHOUT DATE JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY
1 100
2016 2017
72 A FIELD GUIDE TO FAKE NEWS CHAPTER 2: TRACING THE CIRCULATION OF FAKE NEWS ON THE WEB 73
DO MAINSTREAM MEDIA
AND FAKE NEWS WEBSITES
SHARE THE SAME TRACKER
ECOLOGIES?
Scatterplot representing tracker
usage on a series of fake news and
mainstream media sites. While fake
news sites and mainstream media
sites share popular tracker services DoubleClick
250
Facebook Connect
Tracker Popularity
200
Google Publisher Tags Google Syndication
Aggregate Knowledge BlueKai
AppNexus
DoubleClick
LiveRamp Quantcast Ad Exchange-Seller
150
Rubicon
ChartBeat TradeDesk
eXelate Twitter Button
Datalogix
OwnerIQ ShareThis
TRACKER CATEGORY
Disqus
Ad Acxiom Zypmedia
Analytics
20 40 60 80
MAINSTREAM
FAKE NEWS
Widget
100%
100%
98 A FIELD GUIDE TO FAKE NEWS CHAPTER 3: USING TRACKER SIGNATURES TO MAP THE TECHNO-COMMERCIAL UNDERPINNINGS OF FAKE NEWS SITES 99
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Michele Mauri Ángeles Briones
@mikima @angelesbriones
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