Alternative Facts, Misinformation, and Fake News

Vincent F. Hendricks and Mads Vestergaard
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Vincent F. Hendricks: University of Copenhagen
Mads Vestergaard: University of Copenhagen

Chapter Chapter 4 in Reality Lost, 2019, pp 49-77 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Some very specific topics stole the show the day Trump was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2017. The limelight topics are related to simple questions about the facts of the day: Did the sun shine or not during the inauguration speech? How large was the crowd? Was this crowd larger or smaller than the one present at President Obama’s first inauguration? It seemed clear from available photos and video footage that the sun did not shine at any point during Trump’s speech. Nonetheless, Trump claimed otherwise later that same day during his speech at Langley Air Force Base:

Keywords: Fake News; Alternative Factors; Misinformation; Fake Followers; Fake Stories (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00813-0_4

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