The Misinformation Hit List: March 25 — 31

This is part 2 in an ongoing series. For more information about The Misinformation Hit List, click here.

How it works: query and segmentation explained

Let’s use the query for the sport category.

trust.category:fake_news category:Sport

The query, “Trust.category:fake_news” isolates articles from sources known for producing fake news, “category”  filters content related to your chosen sector (e.g., sport).

Here’s how we segment the results:

• Named Entity Recognition: Analyzes query results to identify key subjects.
• Sentiment Analysis: Determines the positive or negative context surrounding these subjects.
• Crawled Since: Narrows the search to articles that have been crawled over the past 7 days, giving our results a timeline. 

We see the list of organizations that have been discussed negatively as well as the percentage of times that particular organization appears.

Our query asks who are the organizations most targeted by well known fake news sites in articles categorized as relating to sport. 

Why is this important?

The lists shows you the organizations and people being targeted by fake news and misinformation campaigns. We are only searching for sources that are identified as fake news sites by leading nonpartisan organizations. So these are the entities being targeted by known fake news organizations. You can dig into the sites and research what is being said in order to provide accurate insights to your clients. 

Gives you targets of negative information. The list helps you monitor adverse media and who has high amounts of it. If you know the adverse media comes from a platform recognized for spreading disinformation, you can cross check it with more reputable sites to see if the risk is correct or not. If the story comes from a source with a history of publishing fabricated news then the info is a false positive – the information is not reliable. Notify customers of business risk associated with the adverse media. 

The Misinformation Hit List empowers you to: 

• Enhance risk detection capabilities
• Improve data accuracy and reliability
• Develop strategic communication tools

Who appeared on the Misinformation Hit List last week? 

Final thoughts 

The politics hit list contains two prominent figures connected to the U.S. government. Abraham L Pomerantz refers to the founder of Pomerantz Law, the founder of a law firm representing a number of corporate clients in recent lawsuits. 

The economy, business, & finance hit list also contains law firms involved in recent cases. The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates securities markets and enforces federal securities laws – so it is a relevant institution.

The sport hit list has two U.S. sports leagues, the NBA and the NFL and a well known sports broadcasting network.