Katharine Viner Quotes

Unfortunately, often found next to things that are true are an enormous number of things that are not - in websites, videos, books and on social media.

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.

I think that the Information Age is great, but there's a downside to it obviously as well, and it's that false information can be perpetuated so quickly. And it's sad that so many people will believe it.

Fake news and rumors thrive online because few verify what's real and always bias towards content that reinforces their own biases.

We must combat misinformation that is being spread.

There is so much unreliable information on the internet and in the media.

People rely on Wikipedia, and a lot of it is wrong. But because there it is on the Internet, they assume it's right. Rumor gets printed as fact. We may have lost our critical facility as a nation.

One of the problems with the Internet is that a lot of times it is inaccurate.

We live in such a gullible world. Anything that's written, anything that's posted, anything picture that is interpreted one way is taken as truth.

I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see.

I heard that after you throw away a 'New York Times,' it takes over a hundred years for the lies to biodegrade.

False news hurts everyone. It hurts our community; it hurts us as individuals.

When people talk about fake news, you know, a lot of folks just roll their eyes, like 'Oh, you know, whatever; people will figure it out.' The truth is, they don't always figure it out.

Don't believe everything you read in the trades.

The 'Fake News Alert' Chrome extension, created by 'New York Magazine' journalist Brian Feldman, identifies hoax news articles. However, cutting out fake news source entirely from operating is easier said than done, since anyone with internet access can create fake news.

When fake news is repeated, it becomes difficult for the public to discern what's real.

It's interesting, even in popular culture, in our vernacular now, the whole idea of 'fake news.' You hear it repeated on scripted television shows, on reality shows, you just see it everywhere, even in other countries.

Fake news is a big thing in the field of Social Media Journalism. Fake news can be as simple has spreading misinformation.or as dangerous as smearing hateful propaganda.

I should never go with rumors because they're often not correct.

I have one major problem with the Internet: It's full of liars.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

Everywhere you go you hear things that are untrue. You've just got to learn that if I don't say it, physically out of my mouth, on camera, it's not true.

Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology.

The rise of a ubiquitous Internet, along with 24-hour news channels has, in some sense, had the opposite effect from what many might have hoped such free and open access to information would have had. It has instead provided free and open access, without the traditional media filters, to a barrage of disinformation.

It gets scary when you're dealing with people who don't know how to separate fact from fiction.