Tag: fake news

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ItunuoluwaJuly 3, 2017

‘We will keep doing our jobs, he should start doing his’ | CNN responds to Trump video tweet

President Trump tweeted a video of a WWE broadcast that was edited to show him pummeling a man with a CNN ...

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RoqeebahJuly 2, 2017

Donald Trump says his use of social media is modern day presidential, we say LOL

by Roqeebah Olaoniye and Dolapo Adelana It appears Americans have got themselves a 71-year-old man-baby for a president. Donald Trump, has been the 45th ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJuly 2, 2017

“You have shed your blood, poured your love, and bared your soul, in defense of our country” | Donald Trump promises to take care of veterans

US President Donald Trump appeared on the stage of the veterans rally on Saturday night, decorated with a massive American ...

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EditorJuly 1, 2017

Fact Check: Jay-Z’s album contains no such thing as ‘a Queen not a Kardashian’

by Alexander O. Onukwue There are NO lyrics in the entire 4:44 album where Jay-Z refers to Mrs Kardashian; those ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 28, 2017

On to the next one – Washington Post | President Trump is here for fake news

President Donald Trump fired shots at The Washington Post and the tax practices of Amazon all in one tweet Wednesday, ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 28, 2017

After CNN, Trump turns on New York Times calling it “a fake news joke!”

After what could have been tagged, “Attack CNN Tuesday”, President Trump and his administration seem to be championing an unspoken ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 27, 2017

“Bashing Trump makes CNN big money, but their greed has cost them” | 9 takeaways from Piers Morgan’s article

Since Donald Trump moved into office as POTUS 45, he has been the central focus of foreign media outfits. Each ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 27, 2017

“They are all fake news” | President Trump adds more names to the list

President Trump seems bent on railing on mainstream media this Tuesday afternoon. Following back to back tweets, where he blasted ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 27, 2017

Trump puts CNN on full blast after it retracts Russia story

The CNN’s decision to retract a story  that connected a member of President Donald Trump’s transition team to ongoing Russia ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 16, 2017

Trump mocks “fake news”, calls Twitter his very powerful social media

Amid phony investigations, great witch hunts, and a 7-month-old probe into whether President Trump’s campaign possibly colluded with the Russian government, ...

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AzeezJune 11, 2017

Fake news media refusing to report ‘great economic news’ – Trump

President Trump on Sunday blasted “fake news” media for not reporting “great economic news” since he was elected. The president ...

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EzinneJune 10, 2017

The Media Blog: Lai Mohammed says he is going to fight fake news, and we roll our eyes

First we mentioned what Lagos is trying to do – solving a problem that doesn’t exist. Now the federal government ...

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AzeezJune 5, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: How we uncovered Dammy Krane’s credit card fraud – TapJets | I’m following Ojukwu’s political footsteps, says Ngige | More stories

From the papers this morning – A tracklist. How we uncovered Dammy Krane’s credit card fraud – TapJets – YNaija ...

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AzeezJune 5, 2017

Beware of fake news circulating on social media, FG warns Nigerians

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has warned Nigerians to be wary of fake news being circulated on social ...

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AzeezMay 28, 2017

‘Fake news!’ Many of the leaks from the White House are fabricated lies | Trump says

President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States media was fond of fabricating stories and making up sources. In ...

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Op-ed EditorMay 28, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: Growing cottage industry of internet falsehoods around Buhari’s health

by Farooq Kperogi President Buhari’s health is now the biggest source of clickbait (i.e., intentionally misleading or outright false headlines ...

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Op-ed EditorMay 21, 2017

The Thread: “Baba prefers oracle” “Ancestor of lies” | Nigerians drag Lai Mohammed over alleged statement about Buhari’s health

Viral reports carried by Naij.com, Channels 24 (not to be confused with Channels TV) say that Lai Mohammed shocked the ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaMay 11, 2017

#FakeNews: Someone is obviously trying to blackmail Sterling Bank

There’s a certain Fejiro Oliver who has published an article on Sterling Bank and its supposed inner operations here: https://www.abusidiqu.com/electing-adeyemi-odubiyi-md-shareholders-sterling-bank-perilous-journey-golgotha-fejiro-oliver/ ...

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ItunuoluwaMay 4, 2017

President Trump : “Fake news” officially out of control

by Itunuoluwa Adebo New tweets alert! US President Donald Trump is back on Twitter ( like he ever left)and this ...

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ItunuoluwaMay 3, 2017

President Trump’s controversial #100Days ad may have violated federal laws

by Itunuoluwa Adebo According to the Daily Beast, a few hours after President Trump’s reelection campaign released a new ad ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaMay 3, 2017

CNN refuses to run Trump’s campaign advert over “fake news” graphics

by Dolapo Adelana The war between US president, Donald Trump and CNN is far from over has the media outfit ...

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EditorApril 29, 2017

The Media Blog: Stephanie Busari’s fake news TED talk is a must-watch

What does fake news have to do with the Chibok Girls? What does fake news have to do with Nigeria at ...

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ItunuoluwaMarch 29, 2017

“My administration is viciously and inaccurately covered” | Trump whines on Twitter yet again

President Trump a.k,a Tweeter-in-chief of the US is back on twitter making calling out the media’s coverage of his administration ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaMarch 15, 2017

Trump discredits reporter who found proof of his tax payments, calls it FAKE NEWS

by Dolapo Adelana US President Donald Trump has dismissed as “fake news” reports by an MSNBC reporter on his tax ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaFebruary 26, 2017

Donald Trump will not attend the White House correspondents’ dinner

by Dolapo Adelana US President Donald TRump has announced that he would not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaFebruary 24, 2017

White House bars CNN, BuzzFeed, Politico, New York Times from press briefing

by Dolapo Adelana In a clear show of his disdain for what he terms, “fake news”, the White House on ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaFebruary 24, 2017

Trump lashes out at media, calls CNN, “Clinton News Network” (WATCH)

by Dolapo Adelana US President Donald Trump, has once again lashed out at the media. Speaking on Friday at the ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaFebruary 21, 2017

Fake news worse than insurgency, militancy – Lai Mohammed

by Dolapo Adelana The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the influx of fake news, if left ...

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Op-ed EditorFebruary 19, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Is fake news the new normal?

by Simon Kolawole Heard the latest? The Central Bank of Nigeria has been selling the elusive dollar to some end ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaFebruary 16, 2017

Trump perplexed as journalist calls him out for lying (WATCH)

by Dolapo Adelana An American journalist Thursday spotted a lie in a statement made by US president Donald Trump during a ...

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