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Fact-Check Central
The Six Types of News
Uncle Sam's Misguided Children was founded by Rick Ferran, an ex-marine with ties to the Patriot & "Three Percenters" Movements, & radical armed militia groups. Various versions of their Facebook page have been banned multiple times for openly racist hate speech & nudity, & Ferran has been accused by former employees of fraud & abuse, including spousal abuse (Schewitz, 2014; Hall, 2013). The site frequently shares material from known fake news/disinformation outlets & has a history of circulating deliberately falsified photographs as well (Evon, 2016; LaCapria, 2016).
Figuratively of course... :-)
References
Evon, D. 2016. "Capture the Flag." Snopes. July 28, 2016. Available online at http://www.snopes.com/flags-banned-at-dnc/. Accessed Jan. 27, 2017.
Hall, E. 2013. "Trusting the Internet." Skeptoid. Mar. 16, 2014. Available online at http://skeptoid.com/blog/2013/03/16/trusting-the-internet/. Accessed Jan. 27, 2017.
LaCapria, K. 2016. "Black Panther Party Pooper." Snopes. July 11, 2016. Available online at http://www.snopes.com/obama-black-panther-photo/. Accessed Jan. 30, 2017.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). 2017. "Background to “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution." Declassified ODNI version. Jan. 6, 2017. Available online at http://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf. Accessed Jan. 26, 2017.
Schewitz, M. 2014. "Anti-Government 'Patriots' Allegedly Defrauded Of Thousands Of Dollars By One Of Their Own." ForwardProgressives. Sept. 8, 2014. Available online at http://forwardprogressives.com/anti-government-patriots-allegedly-defrauded-thousands-dollars-one/. Accessed Jan. 30, 2016.
Silverman, C. 2016. "This Analysis Shows How Viral Fake Election News Stories Outperformed Real News On Facebook." BuzzFeed News. Nov. 16, 2016. Available online at http://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/viral-fake-election-news-outperformed-real-news-on-facebook?utm_term=.coKydBxOvL#.opepv48dEr. Accessed Jan. 30, 2016.
Silverman, C. & L. Alexander. 2016. "How Teens In The Balkans Are Duping Trump Supporters With Fake News." BuzzFeed News. Nov. 3, 2016. Available online at http://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-macedonia-became-a-global-hub-for-pro-trump-misinfo?utm_term=.fpX725bg4E#.nodKMZOE81. Accessed Feb. 3, 2017.
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