Filed Under: “Disinformation”
As Covid infections in GOP areas rise, the danger of disinformation has become undeniable
By Eric Boehlert
Many political centrists have long dismissed right-wing media as an irrelevant joke, coronavirus is exposing their error
Removing Section 230 protections will make the internet a lot worse, here’s how
By Joe Mullin
As bad as fake news and hate are on the internet, they would be much worse without Section 230
Most people are wary of media manipulation, a new app aims to show how it happens
By Teresa Carr
Computational propaganda has become ubiquitous, but what if its techniques could be taught via a computer game?
National journalists are still afraid to tell the truth about GOP extremism
By Eric Boehlert
Republicans across the country are actively embracing authoritarianism but conventional journalists are acting as if it’s all Trump’s doing
Kids need to know how to analyze information, but also when to ignore it
By Sam Wineburg
With more information available to us than ever, sometimes the wisest thing to do is to avoid having an opinion
America’s profit-driven media system promotes disinformation
By Mario A. Murillo
Media business models predicated on maximizing audience will inevitably lead to junk news
A obviously false story about Big Ben taught me a lot about how fake news happens
By Eli Gottlieb
Relentless bombardment by stories on social media makes our attention an increasingly scarce resource and increases the chance that any given story we encounter is fake.
Conspiracism and conservatism
By TomCiccotta
Disinformation and conspiracy theories have always been around, what’s different now is that American conservatism has rebuilt itself on disbelieving reality.