Right-wing media has become too big for the center-left to ignore

By Matthew Sheffield

If misinformation spreads similarly to viruses, can treatments for it be developed?

By Christie Aschwanden

Disinformation can be deadly, but what can be done about it?

By Kathie Obradovich

At last, policymakers are beginning to put forward ideas to counter our epidemic of falsehoods

Embracing uncertainty may be a better way to cure conspiracist thinking

By Ivan Oransky

If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, labels can make the truth that much harder to find

Tucker Carlson inadvertently attacks his own fan in desperate bid to shift blame for Capitol attack

By David Neiwert

With no real evidence to support his lies about January 6, the Fox News host is resorting to smearing his own fans

New report examines how fossil fuel industry uses elite PR firms to spread climate misinformation

By Jessica Corbett

‘A major part of the effort to obstruct climate action involves enhancing the positive public reputation for the fossil fuel companies’

A year after Trump lost the election, have the mainstream media learned anything?

By Parker Molloy

One year after Trump inspired a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, elite reporters are still treating him as a conventional politician

Facebook is blocking researchers from studying its misinformation problem

By Ethan Zuckerman

How big of a problem is misinformation on social media? Without key data, the picture is blurry

Right-wing media are brainwashing their followers about vaccines, but the mainstream press won’t cover the story

By Eric Boehlert

Republicans used to support vaccinations more than Democrats, but the mainstream media won’t explore this story

When evaluating anecdotes, remember that you are the easiest person you can fool

By Melanie Trecek-King

Many people think that anecdotes are a sure-fire way of knowing what’s true, but anecdotes are infamously unreliable.