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The real news on 'fake news': politicians use it to discredit media, and journalists need to fight back

  • Written by Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
The real news on 'fake news': politicians use it to discredit media, and journalists need to fight backWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

During the 2019 election, a news story about the Labor Party supporting a “death tax” – which turned out to be fake – gained traction on social media.

Now, Labor is urging a post-election committee to rule on whether digital platforms like Facebook are harming Australian democracy by...

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