{
  "id": 18457126,
  "title": "Galway university 'fake news' expert claims fake doctorate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/galway-university-fake-news-expert-claims-fake-doctorate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2026/1106/1598192-galway-university-fake-news-expert-claims-fake-doctorate/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A leading Irish academic who is an expert on disinformation and \"fake news\" has been falsely claiming to have a doctorate from a distinguished English university, Prime Time has established",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}