Ken Starr Quotes

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

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

I suppose my attitude is what's most important is that we surround the president's misleading information with accurate information and help people know what is true 'cause I think the biggest trend of the Trump years is that people are increasingly confused about what is real and what is made-up.

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

There is no rest stop on the misinformation highway.

Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology.

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.

You can never trust what you read.

Some people believe everything they see on TV. People, it's called tel-lie-vision!

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.

The public doesn't know what to believe anymore. We don't know what stories are supposedly true, this idea of 'fake news.' We watch it on what I guess you would call a split-focus. It's half entertainment and half mystery.

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.

Don't read, click links or subscribe to any media organisations that peddle sinister untruths and stereotypes.

We have to challenge lies. We have to challenge falsehoods and conspiracy theories. If you don't, they fester - unchecked and unchallenged.

When there are falsehoods and ludicrous statements made at briefings, we've got to call that out.

Looking back, Mr. Trump's exploitation of the term 'fake news' to smear journalists was the single most consequential thing he did during the transition period. He built the scaffolding for his supporters to reject any and all information that wasn't Trump-approved.

The phrase 'fake news' sounds too playful, too much like a schoolchild faking illness to get out of a test.

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

There's no such thing as alternative facts.

I think there is a danger when it comes to fake news because there is some fake news out there, but there's also a danger when you only hear back to you the beliefs you already have.

There's so much active misinformation and it's packaged very well and it looks the same when you see it on a Facebook page or you turn on your television. If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won't know what to protect.

There's so many lies being told throughout the media and people just run with the lies. They're numb to it. Too many followers, not enough leaders.

You don't need a digital David Petraeus or a President Bush avatar to distract you from the truth. You don't need to wait decades to have disinformation beamed into your head. You just need a constant stream of misleading information, half truths, and fictions to be promoted, pushed, and peddled until they are accepted as fact.

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

Search engines take misinformation and put it into our echo chamber. Trying to counter it is the functional equivalent of having your hair full of honey and bees and your trying to whack the bees with your hands.