…and the point of editorials defending a free press was?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 17, 2018
Other than managing to become the story – and a rather good one at that …
Read MoreDeepfake technology could create huge potential for social unrest and even trigger wars
by Rashmee
Posted on August 1, 2018 / The National
True or false? In Washington, the president of the United States and the prime minister …
Read MoreIn Galileo’s Padua, ‘fake news’ flourishes just as his heresy charges once did
by Rashmee
Posted on March 3, 2018
If they think of Padua at all most people would remember Galileo Galilei. The Italian …
Read MoreDid you notice Libyan power centres aren’t shouting #fake news about CNN slave footage?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 25, 2017
Just to continue the Thanksgiving theme, let us be grateful Libya’s politicians and even its …
Read MoreItaly has it right. Fake news is dietrologia, there’s something behind the surface
by Rashmee
Posted on October 20, 2017
Italy has it right, it’s just got the generation wrong. On October 31, thousands of …
Read MoreIn the battle against fake news, we can learn from the war on drugs
by Rashmee
Posted on October 18, 2017 / The National
There are reports that Google, Facebook and Twitter are working overtime to stamp out the …
Read MoreWhat sense does it make to advertise the Kim Jong Un kill squad made up of Bin Laden’s nemesis?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 7, 2017
“Navy Seals training Kim ‘assassination’ squad,” goes the screaming headline in The Times, London, going …
Read MoreAung San Suu Kyi’s darkening image: From icon to ‘fake news’ ideologue
by Rashmee
Posted on September 6, 2017
Till Wednesday (September 6), Myanman’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi had said nothing about …
Read MoreReal fake news may be about to hit us with a force we can only imagine
by Rashmee
Posted on July 31, 2017
It’s a truly terrifying thought. Noah Smith, a former assistant professor of finance, has suggested…
Read MoreDonald Trump denies ‘fake news’ on Russia links. Instead, he should read Matthew 7:12, Luke 6:31
by Rashmee
Posted on January 13, 2017
When Buzzfeed published documents about Russia’s closeness to Donald Trump, it stressed that these were …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK