Filed Under: “Fake news”

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

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


Kids need to know how to analyze information, but also when to ignore it

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With more information available to us than ever, sometimes the wisest thing to do is to avoid having an opinion


Joe Rogan and our epidemic of pseudo-expertise

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Infotainment fandoms have convinced millions of people that blathering internet commentators are experts at everything


A obviously false story about Big Ben taught me a lot about how fake news happens

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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.


 

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