look at this chart from buzzfeed. this is the amount of fake news consumed leading up to the election, and it was huge. it even surpassed that of mainstream news near the end of the election by 1.5 million interactions. the amount of people who saw more, that's even beyond that by like magnitudes, guys. it's a rogue trust in the real news that we put on every kind we work to do every day, and the kind of news where we vet our sources and make sure we are right before we publish. so it's a problem. >> and you click on what you want to see. what you want to hear maybe at times? >> yeah, exactly. it's kind of an echo chamber effect, too. we are putting you to test with the 10news poll. >> check out spot the fake news article from the real ones. hillary clinton is disqualified from holding federal office, bernie sanders could replace donald trump with little known loophole, no donald trump beating clinton in the popular vote. 12% of you say clinton disqualified say the fake. trump losing the popular vote. 71% say that's t

recently asparked a debate on twitter with buzzfeed reporter rosie gray.quote, when will you use the term alt radical left to describe the occupy movement, move on.org and black lives matter. and by the way, why did obama invite radical to the white house. here to continue the debate is buzzfeed reporter rosie gray. you're pretty left of center, fair? >> you don't know anything about any politics, sean. >> you have written a lot about alt-right. >> that's right. >> and you asked me do i deplore racism, anti-semitism, 1000%. >> grad to hear it. >> so do all conservatives. why do i believe this is an attempt by the left to alter to lexicon to alt-right will mean conservatives just like every four years conservatives are told they're raysic, xenophobic, islamophobic. >> the alt-right is not an attempt to smear conservatives. i've been clear in my coverage of the alt-right that they're not a conservative group. so, look, this isn't something that i cooked. . this is a real movement happ happening right now. >> you've got a guy, spencer, whoever he is, a pictur

buzzfeed had shares on facebook the last three months of the campaign. it found that hoaxes and stories from bias sites far outperformed reports from major news outlets. so we will have more on the impact of fake news on the election coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> still ahead, mocking deflategate. >> just because something is great? >> quarterback tom brady sounds off in a new commercial. from the makers of claritin. clarispray provides 24-hour, prescription strength relief from sneezing, runny nose, and nasal congestion. return to the world. try clarispray today. why do people put milk on cereal? why does your tummy go "grumbily, grumbily, grumbily"? no more questions for you! ooph, that milk in your cereal without that annoying lactose. good, right? mmm, yeah. lactaid. the milk that doesn't mess with you. just like mom, you have dinner on the table at 6:00 every night. hey guys, i'm home! of course no one said it had to be cooked. designed around one pan and your schedule. made for real, real life. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some ci

sparked a debate recently on twitter with rosie gray of "buzzfeed."se the term alt radical left to describe the occupy movement, moveoff and black lives matters, the group that said what do we want, dead cops, when do we want them, right now? here to contribute and continue the debate is "buzzfeed" reporter rosie gray. have you to say you are left of center, fair? >> you don't know anything about my politics, sean. >> all right. you have written a lot about alt-right. >> that's right. >> okay. you asked me do idea plor racism, anti-semitism. 1,000%. >> i'm glad to hear it. >> so do all conservatives. why do i believe this is an attempt by the left to alter the lexicon so alt-right will mean conservatives like every four years conservatives are told they're racest, sexist, xenophobic, islamophobic. >> the alt-right is not an attempt by the so-called liberal media to smear conservatives. i've been clear they're not part of the conservative part. part of the project is to dismantle the conservative movement. this is something that is really happening rig

tonight's guest, buzzfeed's d.c.ining us, here to discuss the 18 cat photo-- the eightteen cat photos that will make you forget the election. let's get right into it. if this morning you woke up from a coma, you might want to go back. >> the most stunning upset, trump. >> donald trump will be the next president of the united states. (laughter). >> trevor: you know what, no matter how many times i hear that, it still doesn't seem real. it still doesn't feel real. i mean look at-- the newspaper, today. look at that. look at that. it looks-- he can't hear you, it's a newspaper, it doesn't matter. like, it looks like a joke from april fools, you know, even then people are like that's not a funny joke, man. this entire result is sort of like trump's hair. i know it's real, but my mind can't accept it. it just-- you know, because it looks like he's wearing his hair backwards. like everything, everything is backward. i mean i don't understand half of this. hillary clinton lost by getting more votes, no, seriously. she lost

buzzfeed news says during the last three months of the election-related articles on facebook... all but three were all anti-clinton or pro-trump. and facebook users "engaged" with them with a "share," a "like" or a comment... more than 8-point-7-million times. but they engaged with the top 20 election-related stories from legitimate news outlets... both pro-and-con for each candidate... fewer than 7-point-4 million times. according to pew research, 66% of facebook users get news from but at a tech conference last week, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg dismissed the issue. (mark zukerberg ) i think the idea that fake news on facebook influenced the election in any way, i think is a pretty crazy idea. but a few days later in a post, he acknowledged facebook has begun to look into ways for the online community to flag hoaxes and fake news. filter out fake news in real time. but facebook and google have each announced new plans to prevent fake stories from spreading by restricting advertising with websites that spread fake content. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. ((kirsten joyce)) >

buzzfeed spoke to five of them. they believe the frenkel: "when you mark something for / while facebook had no comment about the existence of a site...her chief digital strategist teddy goff telling politico: they blame facebook for enabling the spread of misinformation, saying they "saw zero percent chance there were fake news stories against trump as well. asked for comment, his campaign did not respond. but some experts professor of digital social media, usc annenberg school: misleading or deceptive content --- like fake news stories iowa's big win over michigan set off a wild celebration -- and a went missing after the game. one of those belonged to quarterback c-j beathard -- who helmet went on a tour of iowa city -- before it was returned... greg, our equipment guy told me, i guess one of the cops walking down the street saw a kid wearing it downtown or something like that. that's what i heard. that helmet -- and the others be with the hawks as they head to illinois for an 11 a-m coming up the latest news from

buzzfeed analyzed the last three months of campaign coverage. >> they studied how facebook users engaged in bogus news stories compared to authentic one. terriek a duncan looks at the findings and what that means for voters. >> reporter: you might have seen this article on your facebook feedback in september. a headline blaring, pope francis shocks world, endorses donald trump for president. you may have shared the article or just clicked made a comment. the problem is the story was false. joining the ranks of other fake highly shared or liked articles. wikileaks confirms hilary sold weapons to isis or hilary is disqualified from holding any federal office. buzzfeed news says during the last three months of the presidential campaign, of the top 20 fake election-related articles on facebook all but trump, and facebook users engaged with them using a share, a like, or a comment more than 8.7 million times. but they engaged with the top 20 election-related stories from legitimate news outlets both pro and con for each candidate fewer than 7.4 million times. according to pew research, 66% of

buzzfeed estimates fake news on facebook was shared.. liked or commented on more than 8.7 million times in the 3 months before the election.. compared to 7.4 million for real news. all but 3 of the top 20 fake news stories were anti-clinton a lot of interesting names.. including some former rivals.. could end up in the administration of president-elect donald trump. next on 13 action news live at 6:30.. find out who showed up at trump tower today.. and how the vice-president elect is already reaching across the aisle. and... strong winds yesterday..... brought cooler temperatures today... why things are about to get.... even worse... tonight. everyone he came in contact the scene of the crime..... is inside.... a luxury manhattan apartment the trump transition team is denying reports of infighting.. as we get a better idea who could find high- level jobs in his administration. but first... there's a chill in the air... a the mercury is only going to continue to plunge.... into the weekend!!! 13 first alert chief m

a lot of engagement on facebook. >> reporter: buzzfeed uncovered an unlikely breeding ground for some of the fake news sites. >> more than 100 websites in one small town in central macedonia. >> reporter: that's right, depressed city of 45,000, the rust belt of the former yugoslavia. >> used to have an industrial economy, that has gone away, and there's a lot of young people there. it's a by for them to earn extra money, a way for them to find something to do. >> reporter: we decided to go to macedonia to see for ourselves. some of the websites' creators are speaking out in shadow for the first time on television. >> people found politics is a great field by accident. >> i have like 7. >> there is no protection from news, like they'll find a way to spread. >> reporter: most are not political, their only allegiance is to making money. each click of an ad on their site means cash in their pocket. >> basically the past three months i made my parent's whole life salary. >> reporter: at first they blogged about cars, liberal online. until they struck internet gold. >> you write trump, the

. >> reporter: buzzfeed's silv silv silverman has been tracking fake news on the internet for years. >> when you track the growth of these websites when did it go big? >> this year. 2016, incomparable to any other years. one of the big factors you can't ignore is donald trump. he generated a huge amount of online excitement. a lot of engagement on facebook. >> reporter: buzzfeed uncovered an unlikely breeding ground for some of the fake news sites. small town in central macedonia. >> reporter: that's right, macedonia. veles, a tiny, economically depressed city of 45,000, the rust belt of the former yugoslavia. >> used to have an industrial economy, that has gone away, and there's a lot of young people there. it's a by for them to earn extra money, a way for them to find something to do. >> reporter: we decided to go to macedonia to see for ourselves. some of the websites' creators are speaking out in shadow for the first time on television. great field by accident. >> i have like 7.5 million views on one of my articles. >> there is no protection from news, like they'll find a way to

while medias are brands built on accuracy, others report misinformation, and it's spread buzzfeed was one of the first to recognize this problem and has been tracking fake news on the internet for years. buzzfeed uncovered a breeding ground for some of the fake news sites. >> more than a hundred websites in one small town in central macedonia. >> reporter: that's right. macedonia. in particular, veles, an economically depressed city of 45,000, the rust belt of the former republic, and we went to macedonia to see for speak out in the shadows for the first time on television. >> i had 7 million views on one article. >> they find a way to spread. >> i had to find work in the past few months. salary. >> reporter: mark zuckerberg dismissed the notion that the social network had an impact. >> the idea that fake news influenced the election in any way, i think, is pretty crazy idea. >> reporter: a recent poll found that 62% of american adults get news on social media with facebook leading the pack by far. nearly two-thirds of the users getting news from the site. after scoffing at the notion

buzzfeed analyzed the last three months of campaign coverage and studied how facebook users engaged with bogus news stories compared to authentic ones. >> jericka duncan looks at the findings. >> reporter: you might have seen this headline saying pope francis shocks world endorses donald trump for president. you may have even shared the article or just clicked like or wow or made a comment. the story was false joining the ranks of other shared or liked articles. wikileaks confirms hillary sold weapons to isis or hillary is disqualified from holding any federal office. buzzfeed news says during the last three months of the presidential campaign, of the top 20 fake election-related articles on facebook, all but three were anticlinton or pro trump. and facebook users engaged with them using a share, like or comment more than 8.7 million times. but they engaged with the top 20 election stories from legitimate news outlets for and against each candidate fewer than 7.4 million times. according to pew research, 66% of facebook users get their news from the site but at air tech conference last w

a new analysis by buzzfeed found that false election stories from hoax sites and hyperpartisan blogs generated more engagement than content from real news sites during the last three months of the election. users shared false stories like this one about pope francis endorsing donald trump, or hillary clinton selling weapons to isis, hundreds of thousands of times, even more than real stories. president obama weighed in today during his trip to germany. >> if we are not serious about facts and what's true and what's not, and particularly in an age of social media where so many people are getting their information in sound bytes and snippets off their phones, if we can't discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems. >> sreenivasan: craig silverman worked on the analysis done by buzzfeed and he joins me now. craig, how do we know facebook's impact on the electorate? how did you research this? >> what we did is looked for the biggest 20 hits in the last three months before the election from sites that published fake news or sites that had published somethi

bureau chief for buzzfeed news, please welcome john stanton. (applause) welcome to the show, sir. >> good to be here. >> trevor: you have quite an interesting story. i met you awhile ago. but i mean a lot of people are looking at you now, an when i say buzzfeed reporter, reporting in washington, i guess it will come as no surprise that for 20 years you are also working as a bouncer while covering with was happening in the supreme court, and in washington. >> yes. >> trevor: that is quite a flip. >> not really, actually. it does give you some useless skills. this year actually they will come in very handy am have i been hit in the head with bottles several times at trump rallies. so getting hit in the head with bottles at a punk rock show or junk jerks trying to-- . >> trevor: nice, nice, i like your bouncer skills will come in useful as a reporter. i feel like all the other reporters are like hey, you can show us a few tricks. >> yeah, yeah. >> trevor: will you let's talk about this world we are now living in it is now officially trump's world.

according to buzzfeed, fake news stories far out-perform legit ones on facebook in the weeks leading up to election day. >> we have a perfect storm in some ways because the media economy today really rewards stories that go viral. the stories that tend to go viral are those that tap right into our political instincts so there is a strong incentive for people trying to make money. >> reporter: one man behind the hoaxes stoled the washington post there is nothing you can't write about now that people won't believe adding that trump's campaign manager posted my story about a protester getting paid $3,500 as fact. like, i made that up. both facebook and google have announced they will no longer allow fake news sites to use their ad selling services. a small effort to slow a rumor mill that is running faster than ever. jake tapper, cnn, washington. >>> this is the bay area's news station. kron 4 news at 11:00 starts now. >>> our top story in the bay area, police are looking for more victims of a suspected child predator. thanks for joining us at 11:00, i'm steve aveson. >> i'm pam moore.

buzzfeed reached that conclusion after analyzing the last three months of campaign coverage. facebook users engaged with bogus news stories, compared to authentic ones. jericka duncan looks at the findings, and what they mean for voters. >>>you might have seen this article on your facebook feed back in september... a headline blaring "pope francis shocks world - endorses donald trump for president." you might have even shared the article... or just clicked "like" or "wow" or made a comment. the problem is... the story was false... joining the ranks of other fake, highly-shared or liked articles. "wikileaks confirms hillary sold weapons to isis." or... "hillary is disqualified om office." trump and/or hillary campaigning buzzfeed news says during the last three months of the presidential campaign... (gfx in) of the top 20 fake election-related articles on facebook... all but three were all anti-clinton or pro-trump. and facebook users "engaged" with them with a "share," a "like" or a comment... more than 8-point-7-million times. but they engaged with the top 20 outlets... both

the blog buzzfeed has backed-up its criticism of fake news with a study. but that study -- as pointed out by the washington examiner -- is fake. to comment go to behind i'm mark hyman. happening now.. an investigation is underway into a deadly plane crash in colombia. 71 people are dead.. including members of a brazilian soccer team. six people miraculously survived.. and now how it all happened. david kerley has more. only part of the fuselage of the jet left intact after slamming into a hill above medellin.... through the day... the grim task of recovering the bodies of the 71 on board who were killed..... but... remarkably.... those six survived...found on the ground away from the fuselage... nats: locker room celebration it was to be a joyous trip for the regional brazilian soccer team the chapay- co en-see...making a big tournament for the first time in its history... (airport trip... in the airport... selfies on board... and the tale of these two players.... alan ruschel... with the beard...a defender... one of the two players who survived... next to

buzzfeed analyzed the last three months of campaign coverage and how often people actually engaged in fake news stories. out of just 20 stshgs users either shared or liked or commented on them almost nine million times. untrue stories. facebook's ceo dismissed the issue last week. >> i think the idea that fake news on facebook influenced the election in any way i think is a pretty crazy idea. >> experts say it is difficult to filter out fake news in real-time. but facebook and google plan to prevent fake stories from spread big restricting advertising with websites that spread fake content. >>> good news when it comes to child booster seats. safety says they are now more effective than ever. out of 53 booster seat models, 48 got the highest rating called best bet. >> things have improved a lot since we first started evaluating boosters back in 2008. back then, only about a quarter of the seats got the top rating of best bed. >> booster seats are made for kids who have outgrown their car seats but are not big enough to suz a seatbelt on their -- seatbelt on their own. >>> a valley mom

teresa brown told buzzfeed the program is inactive because the 25 high risk countries were taken offf the list. but if the president issues a new order and if the homeland security officer issues a new list of country, the program could be reinstated. experts say there is no comparison to the ir turment of the japanese during word war ii because those were american citizens and now the trump team says they would not be registering just muslims, but rath those who come primarily from muslim countries, a distinct legal distinction. >> our next guest is among the legal experts suggesting that the program like this, like that post-9/11 registry would pass constitutional muster before a judge because it has. chris adams is a former doj attorney. describe what exactly you think would be legal. >> foreigners do not have a constitutional right to enter the united states. even americans don't enjoy the fourth amendment rights of search and seizure when they're at the border. all you is to do is say the hot beds of terror have to be subject to additional screening. this is a reasonable questio

. >> reporter: buzzfeed's craig silv silverman has been tracking fake news on the internet for years.overed an unlikely breeding ground for one of the fake newssites. small town in central macedonia. >> reporter: that's right, macedonia. veles, a tiny, economically depressed city of 45,000, the rust belt of the former yugoslavia. >> used to have an industrial economy, that has gone away, and there's a lot it's a by for them to earn extra money, a way for something to do. >> reporter: we decided to go to macedonia to see for ourselves. some of the websites' creators are speaking out in shadow for the first time on television. >> people found politics is a great field by accident. >> i have like 7.5 million views on one of my articles. >> there is no protection from news, like they'll find a way to spread. >> reporter: most are not political, their only allegiance is to making money. each click of an ad on their site means cash in their pocket. >> basically the past three months i made my parent's whole life salary. >> reporter: at first they blogged about cars, liberal politics. they s

buzzfeed spoke to five of them. they believe the company is only paying lip service to the >> when you mark something for nudity or violence, it's taken down almost immediately. facebook hasn't applied that same vigorous standard to fake news. >> reporter: hillary clinton's campaign is lashing out against the site. her chief digital strategist teddy goff telling politico they blame facebook for enabling the spread of misinformation, saying they saw zero percent chance facebook was going to be compliant or work with us during there were fake news stories against trump as well. as for comment, his campaign did not respond. >> you don't want to move down the slippery slope of deciding what's false versus what's an opinion versus what is sarcasm versus what is parody. >> that was miguel almaguer reporting. twitter is cracking down on hate speech. the social media associated with a white nationalism movement. richard spencer's account was among those suspended. spencer runs an alt-right think tank which is part of the lo

. >> 38% of stories from the top right-leaning sites and 19% f aren't real, according to buzzfeed, and in some cases stories like the pope supposedly endorsing trump, which he didn't, are shared more than a million times. >> everybody knows the candidate the pope endorsed was joe exotic. >> google and facebook have just announced plans to try to eliminate or restrict those fake stories, so hopefully that helps, but the bottom line here, if you see a story that seems too crazy to be true, research before sharing. >> just copy and paste the do a google search. if it's a lenl i want story, you're going to see it on all of these legitimate web sites. >> now, we assure you that this news isn't fake. there's a new program that if successful may mean you'll be able to pay off your parking tickets with food. >> fact. no one likes getting a parking ticket. but check this out. in tampa, florida, people can now help pay those tickets by donating food to hungry families. >> it's a unique way for the community to say, hey, let's help out a neighbor in ne. the food for fines program allows people to

election stories on facebook outperformed the top stories on 19 news outlets combined according to buzzfeedo mark zuckerberg initially dismiss iing the criticism, but he has since changed his mind announcing in a post yesterday that facebook would take measures to better detect and disrupt fake news. so this sunday, doou trust social media to police fake news on its own? before we get to the responses, here is our guest to talk about how facebook is fighting this problem. >> reporter: a mid a flurry of criticism, mark zuckerberg owning up to fake news on facebook. >> we need to give people a voice, but we can do our part to stop the spread of hate and misinformation. >> reporter: and some that may have influenced the presidential race. he changed his tone in the aftermath of the election. >> the idea that in a fake news on facebook of which it is a very small amount of the contnt influenced the election in any way is a crazy idea. >> reporter: now the 32-year-old founder and ceo is changing the tone about the issue, writing in a new post, we have been working on this problem for a long time

'buzzfeed' reached that surprising conclusion after analyzing the last three months of campaign coverage. the website studied how facebook users engaged with bogus news stories, compared duncan looks at the findings, and what they mean for voters. (pkg)(track)runs=:27insert from :00 to :27(gfx in) you might have seen this article on your facebook feed back in september... a headline blaring "pope francis shocks world - endorses donald trump for president." you might have even shared the article... or just clicked "like" or "wow" or made a comment. the prlem is... the story was false... joining the ranks of other fake, highly-shared or liked articles. "wikileaks confirms or... "hillary is disqualified from holding any federal office." (gfx out) nats trump and/or hillary campaigning (track)runs=:18 1/2insert from :28 1/2 to :57buzzfeed news says during the last three months of the presidential campaign... (gfx in) of the top 20 fake election-related articles on facebook... all but three were all anti-clinton or pro-trump. and facebook users "engaged" with them with a "share," a "like" or a

again, this was unofficial task force and buzzfeed is that for you. amazon will be offered velvet bags, you will get offered those in red, silver and blue? why is that, it's more wrapping paper has no value. back to you, guys. >> it makes our lives easier that we have to wrap presents that come perfectly wrapped. >> thank you very much. bags. thank you very much. >> all right. one of the cornerstones of the trump campaign was bringing back jobs to america. now it's time to put his money where his mouth is. kevin tishl tibbles talks to people who voted for donald trump just because of his trust told its 1,400 employees it was shutting down. >> we're going to move our production from minneapolis to new mexico. >> reporter: it became focal point for donald trump in the election. >> we are bringing jobs back to our country. we're not going to let carrier leave. >> reporter: many at carrier are counting on him to keep his promise. >> keep your money where your mouth is. >> reporter: across from that, sumly's bar and grill where workers go aer they have hig

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traffic went up apparently on facebook according to "buzzfeed" more than legitimate news stories, saidf the public, people are definitely dumber. they just keep passing stuff around. nobody fact-checks anything anymore. he then went on to slam donald trump, which is kind of irrelevant, or maybe not. but what do you think of this phenomenon? >> it's really terrible. of course, it is fake news. they have phony kind of names of the alleged news source that sound like they could be a real newspaper or a network or something like that. i thought the most interesting thing in the little package you did on it, though, was mike flynn, who has been rumored to be the leading candidate to be national security advisor passed on one of those, tweeted about one with a link to it. >> it's still there. >> it's a little shocking that the former director of the defense intelligence agency is passing on a pretty obviously fake news story. >> it was so crazy, i couldn't believe he tweeted it. true pundit, whatever. it was saying like all of the clintons and all these other people were involved in child se