While stories of police violence at Standing Rock have become commonplace, the account that spread last week was particularly shocking. “It’s absolutely frustrating,” said Dallas Goldtooth, an indigenous leader at Standing Rock who warned his followers on Facebook that the article was false. At Standing Rock, for example, progressive sites have published random photos of massive buffalo herds suggesting they were at the demonstrations. Goldtooth said it had been a constant struggle to stop the spread of false news about Standing Rock. On the left, however, readers tend to be better at debunking fake news and more responsive to fact-checking, she added.

Source: The Guardian February 06, 2017 12:30 UTC