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BuzzFeed media editor: Most fake news creators are financially driven

BY JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter Most fake news creators are doing it for the money rather than for ideological reasons, a leading authority on fake news and verification said at the annual Ryerson School of Journalism Atkinson lecture. Craig Silverman, the media editor for BuzzFeed News, said two Canadian teenagers who create fake news stories have earned as much as…

Lecture on fake news from Buzzfeed media editor and digital verification expert Craig Silverman