Sinclair is trying to tackle its image problem and the results are baffling
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s public relations machine is working overtime after fallout from forcing local news anchors to read a statement decrying “false news.” The company’s strategy includes a...
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I tried (and failed) to factcheck Rep. Omar’s ‘Black Hawk Down’ Tweet. Here’s...
If there’s one thing the far-right hates (and science has proven they hate a lot of things), it’s Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota). Radical conservatives have mastered the art of taking her words out of...
View ArticleHow journalism gatekeepers spread misinformation and how to stop it
For most of us, being a journalist is not exactly a treat. We deal with constant layoffs, weak job prospects and a regular deluge of misinformation from conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones, who was...
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We’ll keep paying the liar’s dividend until the country’s most prominent...
If you’re a journalist, you might think about this a lot, even if you don’t know the name for it. It’s called the liar’s dividend, and it’s an unwelcome side effect of debunking misinformation....
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Factchecking Clinton’s Gabbard-Russia allegations
Editor’s note, 10/23/19: Yesterday, we learned that Hillary Clinton spokesperson Nick Merrill claimed that she was referring to Republicans, not Russians, as “grooming” Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for a...
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