https://resources.newamericanhistory.org/fake-news

Fake News

What is “fake news” and why should we care?

Standards

Common Core:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.5

Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.6

Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).

C3 Framework:

D2.His.6.6-8. Analyze how people’s perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.

D2.His.11.9-12. Critique the usefulness of historical sources for a specific historical inquiry based on their maker, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose.

National Council for Social Studies:

Theme 2: Time, Continuity and Change

National Geography Standards:

Standard 18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

Suggested Grade Levels: Middle/High School

Suggested Timeframe: 2 sessions, 90 minutes each

Suggested Materials: Internet access via laptop, tablet or mobile device, large poster-sized pad or paper or butcher paper, markers, copies of the historic news article used for the Chalk Talk / Big Paper activity.

https://www.nabj.org/news/526391/NABJ-Black-Male-Media-Project-Issue-Guidance-on-Reporting-on-Police-Shootings-Criminal-Records.htm

WASHINGTON – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Board of Directors and the organization’s Black Male Media Project (BMMP) are urging newsrooms across America to make swift changes on how a victim’s criminal background is used in reporting deaths and injuries at the hands of police officers.

The Black Male Media Project is an ad hoc program and committee of the NABJ Board of Directors, and, after careful research and observation, the group developed a resolution that outlines the unfair or inappropriate use of a person’s past criminal background when referencing or reporting a current event where law enforcement has used lethal force on that person. This is an issue that has disproportionately impacted the Black community.

The committee, chaired by NABJ Vice President-Broadcast Ken Lemon, found that the existence of a criminal record is often used by law enforcement to retroactively justify the use of lethal force. For instance, someone who is killed by law enforcement during a traffic stop for a broken taillight should not have a prior arrest or court record reported as part of their background. Especially if the officer was not aware of the previous arrest, and it was not a contributing factor in the incident.

“Journalists must be on guard at all times to avoid the trap of advancing narratives that don’t fall in line with the basic journalistic principles of fairness and truthful reporting. We should thoroughly analyze and fact-check a narrative about a person who is dead, cannot defend themselves, or is unable to tell their side of the story before reporting it,” said NABJ President Dorothy Tucker. “As the BMMP outlines its resolution: ‘Journalists must not treat an arrest as a conviction and should not rush to repeat criminal record details supplied by law enforcement agencies if they do not apply to the story, because the public perception of the victim who was harmed, shot or killed by law enforcement cannot easily be corrected once it has been reported.’”

Obamas third term

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/09/16/the-background-of-the-harris-biden-ticket/#more-199774

As part of the coordinated deal Representative James Clyburn was put in charge of the Biden campaign; Clyburn stunningly admitted this immediately after the strategy went public. As we noted at the time, Obama and Clyburn would then select/appoint the vice-presidential nominee. That’s how Kamala Harris was re-entered into the equation.

Joe Biden has early-onset dementia. Everyone knows this to be true. The Biden candidacy is a front; a ruse, a manipulative scheme that needs a face… That’s Joe Biden.

A Biden presidency would be a complete farce. The Obama coalition is in control of everything behind the scenes. All policy would be Obama policy; and, specifically because of their importance in triggering the origin of the entire enterprise, the primary policy stakeholders will be the congressional black caucus (CBC) led by James Clyburn. This influence plan is behind the merging of Black Lives Matter and AME network.

This racial activation strategy is why the initial George Floyd protests were so important and why so much political effort was put into the two weeks of funerals, memorials and narrative control.

InApril, House Democrats created a Coronavirus investigation committee and James Clyburn, Biden’s handler and puppet-master, was put in charge of that committee. Again, as you can see in today’s larger narrative around the issue, the COVID-19 narrative was engineered for political use against President Trump. None of this is accidental.