Filed Under: “Misinformation”

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

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


Mitch McConnell: ‘I don’t think it serves any particular purpose’ to counter anti-vaccine lies

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Senate Republican leader has repeatedly stated he believes vaccines are safe and helpful, but he refuses to stop his colleagues from spreading lies about them


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

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


Removing Section 230 protections will make the internet a lot worse, here’s how

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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

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Computational propaganda has become ubiquitous, but what if its techniques could be taught via a computer game?


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


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.


Conspiracism and conservatism

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Disinformation and conspiracy theories have always been around, what’s different now is that American conservatism has rebuilt itself on disbelieving reality.


 

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