“What this president doesn’t understand is that like every other nation on earth, we’re unable to define what constitutes America by religion, by ethnicity, or by tribe. You can’t do it. America’s an idea. An idea stronger than any army, bigger than any ocean, more powerful than any dictator or tyran…”— Joe Biden, rev.com
“When you’re a mayor, there’s no waving away. If there is a hole in the road, and you didn’t fill it in, and somebody calls you out on it, you don’t get to say, 'That’s fake news. It’s a great road. There’s no hole in it.' Because they’ll look at the hole and they’ll know.”— Pete Buttigieg, newyorker.com
“It is an axiom of journalism that disaster stories begin in confusion and grow clearer over time. Facts rush in, the fog lifts, an accurate picture solidifies. The public accepts this. But the final portrait is often furthest from the truth.”— Dave Cullen, amazon.com
“I just can't hold a conversation with someone who thinks what she reads in a Facebook comment is actually news.”— Carole, Herself, Carole, imdb.com
“Although many older Americans have, like the rest of us, embraced the tools and playthings of the technology industry, a growing body of research shows they have disproportionately fallen prey to the dangers of internet misinformation and risk being further polarized by their online habits.”— Craig Silverman, buzzfeednews.com
“Exhibit A of how reporters distort words. I’m an Obama fan! I was saying how Trump is different from Obama, and why we should focus on policy not politics. This is why I always tape my interviews.”— Rep. Ilhan Omar, twitter.com
“Events, real events, will not even have time to take place. Everything will be preceded by its virtual realization.”— Jean Baudrillard, amazon.com
“They’re going to poison discourse on the internet by filling it with coherent nonsense. They’ll make it so there’s enough weird information that outweighs the good information that it damages the ability of real people to have real conversations.”— Jack Clark, theverge.com
“How many of you fall for people who haven’t done the research telling you that something is fake news??? https://t.co/A5h7F7cWQR”— Tracy Beanz, twitter.com
“We don’t want to make it seem anything other than that was a mistake. That was an accident.”— Steve Doocy, thehill.com
“Everything they’re telling you is a lie.”— Erica Beeney, Rupert Wyatt, Rafe, Jonathan Majors, imdb.com
“James Bond: Are these pictures live? M: Unlike the American government, we prefer not to get our bad news from CNN.”— Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein, Michael France, James Bond, Pierce Brosnan, imdb.com
“The internet will be the death of us. It casts rogue grievances as legitimate obsessions and gives prejudices the shimmer of ideals.”— Frank Bruni, nytimes.com
“News Anchor: Any word on how the survivors in the town are doing, Mitch? Reporter: We are not exactly sure what is going on inside the town of Beaverton Tom, but we are reporting that there's looting, raping and yes, even acts of cannibalism. News Anchor: My God, you've actually seen people looting,…”— Kenny Hotz, News Anchor, Trey Parker, imdb.com
“Bad news travels a great deal slower than good news.”— Michael Hirst, Thorvard, Richard Ashton, imdb.com
“It seems to me that it would be in Facebook’s interest to share revenue and have more control over their platform. Part of my critique for Facebook is why they wouldn’t want to ensure of quality content on their platform by sharing revenue and it makes it harder for them to get rid of fake news and…”— Jonah Peretti, digiday.com
“Our country’s biggest enemy is the Fake News so easily promulgated by fools!'”— Donald Trump, dailymail.co.uk
“You newspapermen are crazy for definitions and neat schemes. You're impossibly dogmatic.”— Fidel Castro, marxists.org