Russian Government Plans New Service Exposing 'Fake News'

Russia's Foreign Ministry is set to wade into the raging debate over "fake news" with a new fact-checking service of its own. According to the ministry, a section of its website will collect and debunk untruthful news stories — but only from the allegedly dishonest Western press. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the service would fight back in the ongoing “information war” waged

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2.15 Zakharova said the service would fight back in the ongoing “information war” waged by the U.S. and European nations.／Instead, she told journalists that the Russian government saw a clear media campaign targeting Kremlin-funded news outlets Sputnik and RT.