Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal Sapna Maheshwar and Amanda Robb
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study Nov 9 8:00pm Nov 10 12:49am Nov 10 9:00am Nov 10 Late Morn. Nov 10 Early Even. Tucker: Posts photos of buses in Austin, TX. “Anti-Trump protestors in Austin…” Reddit: Posted: “Breaking: They found the buses.” 300 comments Free Repub: Linked to Reddit Facebook Linked to Free Repub: Reddit 5000 shares, by 300,000 users. Bus Comp. Not for protests Tucker: Reveals he does not evidence. Gateway Pundit “Figures. Anti-Trump Protestors were bused…” 44K shares Trump Tweet “Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair! 215K likes, 126k talking about
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study Nov 9 8:00pm Nov 10 12:49am Nov 10 9:00am Nov 10 Late Morn. Nov 10 Early Even. Tucker: Posts photos of buses in Austin, TX. “Anti-Trump protestors in Austin…”
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study Nov 9 8:00pm Nov 10 12:49am Nov 10 9:00am Nov 10 Late Morn. Nov 10 Early Even. Tucker: Posts photos of buses in Austin, TX. “Anti-Trump protestors in Austin…” Reddit: Posted: “Breaking: They found the buses.” 300 comments
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study Nov 9 8:00pm Nov 10 12:49am Nov 10 9:00am Nov 10 Late Morn. Nov 10 Early Even. Tucker: Posts photos of buses in Austin, TX. “Anti-Trump protestors in Austin…” Reddit: Posted: “Breaking: They found the buses.” 300 comments Free Repub: Linked to Reddit Facebook Linked to Free Repub: Reddit 5000 shares, by 300,000 users.
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study Nov 9 8:00pm Nov 10 12:49am Nov 10 9:00am Nov 10 Late Morn. Nov 10 Early Even. Tucker: Posts photos of buses in Austin, TX. “Anti-Trump protestors in Austin…” Reddit: Posted: “Breaking: They found the buses.” 300 comments Free Repub: Linked to Reddit Facebook Linked to Free Repub: Reddit 5000 shares, by 300,000 users. Bus Comp. Not for protests Tucker: Reveals he does not evidence. Gateway Pundit “Figures. Anti-Trump Protestors were bused…” 44K shares
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study Nov 9 8:00pm Nov 10 12:49am Nov 10 9:00am Nov 10 Late Morn. Nov 10 Early Even. Tucker: Posts photos of buses in Austin, TX. “Anti-Trump protestors in Austin…” Reddit: Posted: “Breaking: They found the buses.” 300 comments Free Repub: Linked to Reddit Facebook Linked to Free Repub: Reddit 5000 shares, by 300,000 users. Bus Comp. Not for protests Tucker: Reveals he does not evidence. Gateway Pundit “Figures. Anti-Trump Protestors were bused…” 44K shares Trump Tweet “Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair! 215K likes, 126k talking about
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study Nov 9 8:00pm Nov 10 12:49am Nov 10 9:00am Nov 10 Late Morn. Nov 10 Early Even.
Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal: PizzaGate 1.4 million shares By as many as 1 million accounts In five weeks 3000 accounts retweeted up to 900 a day. 14 Russian-linked accounts involved Example: @Pamela_Moore13
Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal: PizzaGate Trump Advisors S Gorka Message Boards: 4Chan Reddit TheeRant Trump War Room Gen. M Flynn Person? or bot? Twitter NYPD? EagleWing Oct 29, 2016 July 2, 2016 81 k shares Nov 2, 2016 Nov 4, 2016 Youtube INFOwars Hagmann Breitbart E Prince INFOwars A. Jones FBIanon Katz Campbell Self-Employed Investigator Trump Advisor, Blackwater CEO 427 K views Same Person Key: SMedia Mess. Board Human Bot
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study