fake news

As we face the grind of a Trump-Biden clash, imagine them buddies for a moment

By Karen Swallow Prior — January 24, 2024
(RNS) — Sometimes fakes serve to remind us of what we rightly desire and ought to pursue.

Elon Musk loves The Babylon Bee. Will he let the site back on Twitter?

By Bob Smietana — November 8, 2022
(RNS) — The Christian satire site’s connection to Musk is the latest example of the Bee’s rise from a would-be pastor’s side project to a conservative powerhouse.

Revisiting ‘The Last Battle’: C.S. Lewis’ Narnia tale for our times

By Bob Smietana — December 31, 2020
(RNS) — C.S. Lewis’ often overlooked final chapter of the Chronicles of Narnia still speaks to us today.

Survey: Most white evangelicals blame journalists for fake news

By Jack Jenkins — June 19, 2019
(RNS) — They also blame politicians and activist groups.

The true story of a Jewish news agency that peddled fake news to undo Hitler

By Menachem Wecker — October 1, 2018
(RNS) — A subsidiary of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency also reportedly tried, in vain, to work with the FBI to plant anti-Nazi stories, and may have collaborated with the KGB.

Truth, a murdered journalist and ‘fake news’

By Erich Bridges — January 29, 2018
(RNS) — I don’t know whether Caruana Galizia believed in God, but she believed in truth.

Fake news is the work of the devil — Pope Francis

By Christopher Lamb — January 24, 2018
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The message reflected the pope's growing concern about the dangers of misinformation on the internet that he said exploits people’s 'anxiety, contempt, anger and frustration.' 

Pope compares fake news to ‘snake tactics’

By Jack Jenkins — January 24, 2018
(RNS) — Pope Francis compares the proliferation of 'fake news' to the story of the serpent in the biblical book of Genesis and says 'trusting in falsehood can have dire consequences.'

Pope Francis to deliver message decrying ‘fake news’

By Jack Jenkins — January 23, 2018
(RNS) — Pope Francis is expected to deliver an address on 'fake news' Wednesday, tackling the thorny issue of journalistic integrity in a speech to commemorate World Communications Day.
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