<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook is asking the tech community to adopt a larger role in weeding out &ldquo;fake news&rdquo; without curbing free speech.  ;</p>
<p>The phrase &ldquo;fake news&rdquo; generally refers to headlines designed to trick readers into clicking. As reported by CNN, &ldquo;Fictional stories with titles like &lsquo;Pope Francis shocks world, endorses Donald Trump for president&rsquo; won millions of clicks.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>It can be difficult for some people to tell the difference between fake news and real news, and the public doesn&rsquo;t deserve to be deceived.</p>
<p>Fake news is &ldquo;killing people&rsquo;s minds,&rdquo; Cook told the <em>Daily Telegraph</em>. These stories are being pushed by organizations that want to &ldquo;get the most clicks, not tell the most truth.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The scope of the fake news problem became apparent in November when Trump&rsquo;s victory had us questioning the authenticity of all the news sources that assured us Hillary would win.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We need the modern version of the public service announcement campaign. It can be done quickly if there is a will,&rdquo; says Cook. &ldquo;All of us technology companies need to create some tools that help diminish the volume of fake news.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>As Cook calls on the tech community to launch a &ldquo;massive campaign&rdquo; against fake news, we&#8217;d like to point out that Apple is part of the problem. ;</p>
<p>The second CNN story linked below was posted as an <em>Apple News</em> story earlier this month. The article&rsquo;s title suggests that Donald Trump attacked veterans, when in reality he was criticizing Vietnam vet John McCain.</p>
<p>Did Apple news push the Monica Crowley plagiarism story from CNN? An expert just declared her dissertatioin to be perfectly cited.</p>
<p>The major &#8220;papers of record&#8221;, including CNN, Washington Post and New York Times have all been caught repeatedly pushing stories not properly vetted that have turned out to be fake. And not a retraction in sight.</p>
<p>CNN especially has been repeatedly accused of spreading fake news. Is Apple going to vet all of these sources?</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> It has occurred to me that once a fake story has hit mainstream sources through three news cycles, it is accepted as confirmed. The ignorance and corruption of the mainstream media is amazing.</p>
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