The white supremacists now own the “alt-right” label. Their right-wing opponents are aligning themselves against it, working to establish a parallel brand.
Jack Posobiec, who spread the news of the cyberattack on the French Presidential candidate, describes his strategy as “activism tactics mixed with traditional journalism tactics.”
Mike Cernovich’s Susan Rice “scoop”—publishing unverified information from one anonymous source—is hardly journalism in its highest form. But it’s not exactly fake news, either.