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Will hyperrealistic AI images make fake news impossible to control?
Even savvy internet users were fooled by an inauthentic image of a "swagged-out" pope. What happens when the technology is good enough to convincingly depict major events that never happened?
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Trump budget zeroes out funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper
The Trump administration pulled funding in its 2021 budget for Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military news organization that has published a daily newspaper continuously since World War II for troops stationed around the world.
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Trump decries 'Fake Poll' showing his approval rate in the 30s
The president bashed an ABC News/Washington Post poll that showed his approval rating falling by 6 points as fears of a recession grow.
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Trump blames 'fake news' for poll showing African-Americans think he's racist
The president disputes the findings of a poll showing that 80 percent of African-Americans believe him to be a racist.
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VideoSkullduggery TV: Investigating Jeffrey Epstein
Independent investigator Conchita Sarnoff and “Daily Show” co-creator Lizz Winstead join co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on this episode of “Skullduggery.” Sarnoff breaks down the Jeffrey Epstein case, having first reported on the matter almost a decade ago. Then Winstead joins to unveil the origin story of the term “fake news,” as well as to discuss her activism with the Abortion Access Front and her battle to save women’s reproductive rights.
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Sebastian Gorka at the center of Rose Garden ruckus following Trump event
After President Trump invited a group of right-wing and fringe media figures to the White House for a “social media summit” on Thursday, the event ended with a former presidential adviser and a CNN political analyst getting into a heated exchange in the Rose Garden.
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Discounting climate change, EPA chief faults the media for the rise of bad environmental news
EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler said Monday it was wrong to think that "the environment is getting worse."