New York Times is Advocating for Internet Censorship (controlled by them and other ‘approved’ agents) The Times asserts that such censorship would be good for democracy   and it surely is true that hoaxes and baseless conspiracy theories are no help to democracy   but regulation of information in the manner that the Times suggests has more than a whiff of Orwellian totalitarianism to it.  Robert Parry  Consortium NewsIn its lead editorial on Sunday, The New York Times decried what it deemed  The Digital Virus Called Fake News  and called for Internet censorship to counter this alleged problem, taking particular aim at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for letting  liars and con artists hijack his platform. As this mainstream campaign against  fake news  quickly has gained momentum in the past week, two false items get cited repeatedly, a claim that Pope Francis endorsed Donald Trump and an assertion that Trump was prevailing in the popular vote over Hillary Clinton. I could add another election-related falsehood, a hoax spread by Trump supporters that liberal documentarian Michael Moore was endorsing Trump when he actually was backing Clinton.But I also know that Clinton supporters were privately pushing some salacious and unsubstantiated charges about Trump s sex life, and Clinton personally charged that Trump was under the control of Russian President Vladimir Putin although there was no evidence presented to support that McCarthyistic accusation.The simple reality is that lots of dubious accusations get flung around during the heat of a campaign   nothing new there   and it is always a challenge for professional journalists to swat them down the best we can. What s different now is that the Times envisions some structure (or algorithm) for eliminating what it calls  fake news. Photograph published by the New York Times purportedly taken in Russia of Russian soldiers who later appeared in eastern Ukraine. However, the photographer has since stated that the photo was actually taken in Ukraine, and the U.S. State Department has acknowledged the error.But, with a stunning lack of self-awareness, the Times fails to acknowledge the many times that it has published  fake news,  such as reporting in 2002 that Iraq s purchase of aluminum tubes meant that it was reconstituting its nuclear weapons program; its bogus analysis tracing the firing location of a Syrian sarin-laden rocket in 2013 back to a Syrian military base that turned out to be four times outside the rocket s range; or its publication of photos supposedly showing Russian soldiers inside Russia and then inside Ukraine in 2014 when it turned out that the  inside-Russia  photo was also taken inside Ukraine, destroying the premise of the story.These are just three examples among many of the Times publishing  fake news    and all three appeared on Page One before being grudgingly or partially retracted, usually far inside the newspaper under opaque headlines so most readers wouldn t notice. Much of the Times   fake news  continued to reverberate in support of U.S. government propaganda even after the partial retractions.Who Is the Judge?So, should Zuckerberg prevent Facebook users from circulating New York Times stories? Obviously, the Times would not favor that solution to the problem of  fake news.  Instead, the Times expects to be one of the arbiters deciding which Internet outlets get banned and which ones get gold seals of approval.The Times lead editorial, following a front-page article on the same topic on Friday, leaves little doubt what the newspaper would like to see. It wants major Internet platforms and search engines, such as Facebook and Google, to close off access to sites accused of disseminating  fake news. The editorial said,  a big part of the responsibility for this scourge rests with internet companies like Facebook and Google, which have made it possible for fake news to be shared nearly instantly with millions of users and have been slow to block it from their sites.  Facebook says it is working on weeding out such fabrications. It said last Monday that it would no longer place Facebook-powered ads on fake news websites, a move that could cost Facebook and those fake news sites a lucrative source of revenue. Earlier on the same day, Google said it would stop letting those sites use its ad placement network. These steps would help, but Facebook, in particular, owes its users, and democracy itself, far more. Facebook has demonstrated that it can effectively block content like click-bait articles and spam from its platform by tweaking its algorithms, which determine what links, photos and ads users see in their news feeds.   Facebook managers are constantly changing and refining the algorithms, which means the system is malleable and subject to human judgment. The Times editorial continued:  This summer, Facebook decided to show more posts from friends and family members in users  news feeds and reduce stories from news organizations, because that s what it said users wanted. If it can do that, surely its programmers can train the software to spot bogus stories and outwit the people producing this garbage.  Mr. Zuckerberg himself has spoken at length about how social media can help improve society.   None of that will happen if he continues to let liars and con artists hijack his platform. Gray AreasBut the problem is that while some falsehoods may be obvious and clear-cut, much information exists in a gray area in which two or more sides may disagree on what the facts are. And the U.S. government doesn t always tell the truth although you would be hard-pressed to find recent examples of the Times recognizing that reality. Especially over the past several decades, the Times has usually embraced the Official Version of a disputed event and has deemed serious skepticism out of bounds.Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, co-author of the Iraq  aluminum tube  story.That was the way the Times treated denials from the Iraqi government and some outside experts who disputed the  aluminum tube  story in 2002   and how the Times has brushed off disagreements regarding the U.S. government s portrayal of events in Syria, Ukraine and Russia. Increasingly, the Times has come across as a propaganda conduit for Official Washington rather than a professional journalistic entity.But the Times and other mainstream news outlets   along with some favored Internet sites   now sit on a Google-financed entity called the First Draft Coalition, which presents itself as a kind of Ministry of Truth that will decide which stories are true and which are  fake. If the Times  editorial recommendations are followed, the disfavored stories and the sites publishing them would no longer be accessible through popular search engines and platforms, essentially blocking the public s access to them. [See Consortiumnews.com s  What to Do About  Fake News. ]The Times asserts that such censorship would be good for democracy   and it surely is true that hoaxes and baseless conspiracy theories are no help to democracy   but regulation of information in the manner that the Times suggests has more than a whiff of Orwellian totalitarianism to it.And the proposal is especially troubling coming from the Times, with its checkered recent record of disseminating dangerous disinformation.*** Investigative reporter Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories for The Associated Press and Newsweek in the 1980s. You can buy his latest book, America s Stolen Narrative, either in print here or as an e-book (from Amazon and barnesandnoble.com).READ MORE MAINSTREAM MEDIA LIES AT: 21st Century Wire MSM Watch FilesSUPPORT 21WIRE   SUBSCRIBE & BECOME A MEMBER @21WIRE.TVUS_News
new york times advocating internet censorship controlled approved agents the times asserts censorship would good democracy surely true hoaxes baseless conspiracy theories help democracy regulation information manner times suggests which orwellian totalitarianism robert party consortium newsid lead editorial sunday the new york times decreed deemed the digital virus called fake news called internet censorship counter alleged problem taking particular aim facebook founder mark zuckerberg letting liars con artists hijack platform as mainstream campaign fake news quickly gained momentum past week two false items get cited repeatedly claim pope francis endorsed donald trump assertion trump prevailing popular vote hillary clinton i could add another falsehood hoax spread trump supporters liberal documentation michael moore endorsing trump actually backing i also know clinton supporters privately pushing malicious unsubstantiated charges trump sex life clinton personally charged trump control russian president vladimir putin although evidence presented support mccarthyistic simple reality lots dubious accusations get flung around heat campaign nothing new always challenge professional journalists seat best what different times envision structure algorithm eliminating calls fake news photograph published new york times purportedly taken russia russian soldiers later appeared eastern ukraine however photographer since stated photo actually taken ukraine state department acknowledged stunning lack times fails acknowledge many times published fake news reporting iraq purchase aluminum tubes meant constituting nuclear weapons program bogus analysis tracing firing location syrian rocket back syrian military base turned four times outside rocket range publication photos supposedly showing russian soldiers inside russia inside ukraine turned photo also taken inside ukraine destroying premise three examples among many times publishing fake news three appeared page one grudgingly partially retracted usually far inside newspaper opaque headlines readers notice much times fake news continued reverberate support government propaganda even partial is judge so zuckerberg prevent facebook users circulating new york times stories obviously times would favor solution problem fake news instead times expects one arbiter deciding internet outlets get banned ones get gold seals times lead editorial following article topic friday leaves little doubt newspaper would like see it wants major internet platforms search engines facebook google close access sites accused disseminating fake news the editorial said big part responsibility score rests internet companies like facebook google made possible fake news shared nearly instantly millions users slow block sites facebook says working wedding fabrication it said last monday would longer place ads fake news websites move could cost facebook fake news sites lucrative source revenue earlier day google said would stop letting sites use ad placement network these steps would help facebook particular owes users democracy far facebook demonstrated effectively block content like articles spam platform tweaking algorithms determine links photos ads users see news feeds facebook managers constantly changing refining algorithms means system malleable subject human judgment the times editorial continued this summer facebook decided show posts friends family members users news feeds reduce stories news organizations said users wanted if surely programmers train software spot bogus stories outfit people producing garbage zuckerberg spoken length social media help improve society none happen continues let liars con artists hijack platform gray areasbut problem falsehoods may obvious much information exists gray area two sides may disagree facts and government always tell truth although would find recent examples times recognizing reality especially past several decades times usually embraced official version disputed event deemed serious skepticism new york times reporter judith miller iraq aluminum tube way times treated denials iraqi government outside experts disputed aluminum tube story times brushed disagreements regarding government portrayal events syria ukraine russia increasingly times come across propaganda conduit official washington rather professional journalistic times mainstream news outlets along favored internet sites sit entity called first draft coalition presents kind ministry truth decide stories true fake if times editorial recommendations followed disfavored stories sites publishing would longer accessible popular search engines platforms essentially blocking public access see what do about fake news the times asserts censorship would good democracy surely true hoaxes baseless conspiracy theories help democracy regulation information manner times suggests which orwellian totalitarianism proposal especially troubling coming times checkered recent record disseminating dangerous disinformation investigative reporter robert party broke many stories the associated press newsweek you buy latest book america stolen narrative either print amazon more mainstream media lies at century wire mm watch filessupport subscribe become a member
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: New York Times is Advocating for Internet Censorship (controlled by them and other ‘approved’ agents) The Times asserts that such censorship would be good for democracy   and it surely is true that hoaxes and baseless conspiracy theories are no help to democracy   but regulation of information in the manner that the Times suggests has more than a whiff of Orwellian totalitarianism to it.  Robert Parry  Consortium NewsIn its lead editorial on Sunday, The New York Times decried what it deemed  The Digital Virus Called Fake News  and called for Internet censorship to counter this alleged problem, taking particular aim at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for letting  liars and con artists hijack his platform. As this mainstream campaign against  fake news  quickly has gained momentum in the past week, two false items get cited repeatedly, a claim that Pope Francis endorsed Donald Trump and an assertion that Trump was prevailing in the popular vote over Hillary Clinton. I could add another election-related falsehood, a hoax spread by Trump supporters that liberal documentarian Michael Moore was endorsing Trump when he actually was backing Clinton.But I also know that Clinton supporters were privately pushing some salacious and unsubstantiated charges about Trump s sex life, and Clinton personally charged that Trump was under the control of Russian President Vladimir Putin although there was no evidence presented to support that McCarthyistic accusation.The simple reality is that lots of dubious accusations get flung around during the heat of a campaign   nothing new there   and it is always a challenge for professional journalists to swat them down the best we can. What s different now is that the Times envisions some structure (or algorithm) for eliminating what it calls  fake news. Photograph published by the New York Times purportedly taken in Russia of Russian soldiers who later appeared in eastern Ukraine. However, the photographer has since stated that the photo was actually taken in Ukraine, and the U.S. State Department has acknowledged the error.But, with a stunning lack of self-awareness, the Times fails to acknowledge the many times that it has published  fake news,  such as reporting in 2002 that Iraq s purchase of aluminum tubes meant that it was reconstituting its nuclear weapons program; its bogus analysis tracing the firing location of a Syrian sarin-laden rocket in 2013 back to a Syrian military base that turned out to be four times outside the rocket s range; or its publication of photos supposedly showing Russian soldiers inside Russia and then inside Ukraine in 2014 when it turned out that the  inside-Russia  photo was also taken inside Ukraine, destroying the premise of the story.These are just three examples among many of the Times publishing  fake news    and all three appeared on Page One before being grudgingly or partially retracted, usually far inside the newspaper under opaque headlines so most readers wouldn t notice. Much of the Times   fake news  continued to reverberate in support of U.S. government propaganda even after the partial retractions.Who Is the Judge?So, should Zuckerberg prevent Facebook users from circulating New York Times stories? Obviously, the Times would not favor that solution to the problem of  fake news.  Instead, the Times expects to be one of the arbiters deciding which Internet outlets get banned and which ones get gold seals of approval.The Times lead editorial, following a front-page article on the same topic on Friday, leaves little doubt what the newspaper would like to see. It wants major Internet platforms and search engines, such as Facebook and Google, to close off access to sites accused of disseminating  fake news. The editorial said,  a big part of the responsibility for this scourge rests with internet companies like Facebook and Google, which have made it possible for fake news to be shared nearly instantly with millions of users and have been slow to block it from their sites.  Facebook says it is working on weeding out such fabrications. It said last Monday that it would no longer place Facebook-powered ads on fake news websites, a move that could cost Facebook and those fake news sites a lucrative source of revenue. Earlier on the same day, Google said it would stop letting those sites use its ad placement network. These steps would help, but Facebook, in particular, owes its users, and democracy itself, far more. Facebook has demonstrated that it can effectively block content like click-bait articles and spam from its platform by tweaking its algorithms, which determine what links, photos and ads users see in their news feeds.   Facebook managers are constantly changing and refining the algorithms, which means the system is malleable and subject to human judgment. The Times editorial continued:  This summer, Facebook decided to show more posts from friends and family members in users  news feeds and reduce stories from news organizations, because that s what it said users wanted. If it can do that, surely its programmers can train the software to spot bogus stories and outwit the people producing this garbage.  Mr. Zuckerberg himself has spoken at length about how social media can help improve society.   None of that will happen if he continues to let liars and con artists hijack his platform. Gray AreasBut the problem is that while some falsehoods may be obvious and clear-cut, much information exists in a gray area in which two or more sides may disagree on what the facts are. And the U.S. government doesn t always tell the truth although you would be hard-pressed to find recent examples of the Times recognizing that reality. Especially over the past several decades, the Times has usually embraced the Official Version of a disputed event and has deemed serious skepticism out of bounds.Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, co-author of the Iraq  aluminum tube  story.That was the way the Times treated denials from the Iraqi government and some outside experts who disputed the  aluminum tube  story in 2002   and how the Times has brushed off disagreements regarding the U.S. government s portrayal of events in Syria, Ukraine and Russia. Increasingly, the Times has come across as a propaganda conduit for Official Washington rather than a professional journalistic entity.But the Times and other mainstream news outlets   along with some favored Internet sites   now sit on a Google-financed entity called the First Draft Coalition, which presents itself as a kind of Ministry of Truth that will decide which stories are true and which are  fake. If the Times  editorial recommendations are followed, the disfavored stories and the sites publishing them would no longer be accessible through popular search engines and platforms, essentially blocking the public s access to them. [See Consortiumnews.com s  What to Do About  Fake News. ]The Times asserts that such censorship would be good for democracy   and it surely is true that hoaxes and baseless conspiracy theories are no help to democracy   but regulation of information in the manner that the Times suggests has more than a whiff of Orwellian totalitarianism to it.And the proposal is especially troubling coming from the Times, with its checkered recent record of disseminating dangerous disinformation.*** Investigative reporter Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories for The Associated Press and Newsweek in the 1980s. You can buy his latest book, America s Stolen Narrative, either in print here or as an e-book (from Amazon and barnesandnoble.com).READ MORE MAINSTREAM MEDIA LIES AT: 21st Century Wire MSM Watch FilesSUPPORT 21WIRE   SUBSCRIBE & BECOME A MEMBER @21WIRE.TVUS_News
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: new york times advocating internet censorship controlled approved agents the times asserts censorship would good democracy surely true hoaxes baseless conspiracy theories help democracy regulation information manner times suggests which orwellian totalitarianism robert party consortium newsid lead editorial sunday the new york times decreed deemed the digital virus called fake news called internet censorship counter alleged problem taking particular aim facebook founder mark zuckerberg letting liars con artists hijack platform as mainstream campaign fake news quickly gained momentum past week two false items get cited repeatedly claim pope francis endorsed donald trump assertion trump prevailing popular vote hillary clinton i could add another falsehood hoax spread trump supporters liberal documentation michael moore endorsing trump actually backing i also know clinton supporters privately pushing malicious unsubstantiated charges trump sex life clinton personally charged trump control russian president vladimir putin although evidence presented support mccarthyistic simple reality lots dubious accusations get flung around heat campaign nothing new always challenge professional journalists seat best what different times envision structure algorithm eliminating calls fake news photograph published new york times purportedly taken russia russian soldiers later appeared eastern ukraine however photographer since stated photo actually taken ukraine state department acknowledged stunning lack times fails acknowledge many times published fake news reporting iraq purchase aluminum tubes meant constituting nuclear weapons program bogus analysis tracing firing location syrian rocket back syrian military base turned four times outside rocket range publication photos supposedly showing russian soldiers inside russia inside ukraine turned photo also taken inside ukraine destroying premise three examples among many times publishing fake news three appeared page one grudgingly partially retracted usually far inside newspaper opaque headlines readers notice much times fake news continued reverberate support government propaganda even partial is judge so zuckerberg prevent facebook users circulating new york times stories obviously times would favor solution problem fake news instead times expects one arbiter deciding internet outlets get banned ones get gold seals times lead editorial following article topic friday leaves little doubt newspaper would like see it wants major internet platforms search engines facebook google close access sites accused disseminating fake news the editorial said big part responsibility score rests internet companies like facebook google made possible fake news shared nearly instantly millions users slow block sites facebook says working wedding fabrication it said last monday would longer place ads fake news websites move could cost facebook fake news sites lucrative source revenue earlier day google said would stop letting sites use ad placement network these steps would help facebook particular owes users democracy far facebook demonstrated effectively block content like articles spam platform tweaking algorithms determine links photos ads users see news feeds facebook managers constantly changing refining algorithms means system malleable subject human judgment the times editorial continued this summer facebook decided show posts friends family members users news feeds reduce stories news organizations said users wanted if surely programmers train software spot bogus stories outfit people producing garbage zuckerberg spoken length social media help improve society none happen continues let liars con artists hijack platform gray areasbut problem falsehoods may obvious much information exists gray area two sides may disagree facts and government always tell truth although would find recent examples times recognizing reality especially past several decades times usually embraced official version disputed event deemed serious skepticism new york times reporter judith miller iraq aluminum tube way times treated denials iraqi government outside experts disputed aluminum tube story times brushed disagreements regarding government portrayal events syria ukraine russia increasingly times come across propaganda conduit official washington rather professional journalistic times mainstream news outlets along favored internet sites sit entity called first draft coalition presents kind ministry truth decide stories true fake if times editorial recommendations followed disfavored stories sites publishing would longer accessible popular search engines platforms essentially blocking public access see what do about fake news the times asserts censorship would good democracy surely true hoaxes baseless conspiracy theories help democracy regulation information manner times suggests which orwellian totalitarianism proposal especially troubling coming times checkered recent record disseminating dangerous disinformation investigative reporter robert party broke many stories the associated press newsweek you buy latest book america stolen narrative either print amazon more mainstream media lies at century wire mm watch filessupport subscribe become a member