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Disinformation, an increased distrust of fact-based science and journalism, and the proliferation of fake news on social media, is threatening journalism, science and democracy worldwide. A co-production with Nobel Prize Outreach looks at the challenges and the people tackling its effects.
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The GOP is a moral freak show, and freak shows attract freaks. Which is why Mark Robinson fits in so well in today’s Republican Party.Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, has described himself as a “devout Christian.” But a recent CNN story reported that several years …
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Uscinski JE, Enders AM. Conspiracy theories: a primer. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield; 2023. Google Scholar van Prooijen J-W, Douglas KM. Conspiracy theories as part of history: the role of societal crises. Mem Stud. 2017;10(3):323–33.Article Google Scholar Uscinski J, Enders A, Klofstad C, Seelig …
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Life is hard, but it’s not yet hard enough. Democrats/socialists/communists (D/S/Cs) insist on making it harder by suddenly declaring innocuous, innocent cultural expressions evil. Remember when, circa 2019, the ubiquitous OK gesture was suddenly discovered to be a white supremacist “symbol of …
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PolitiFact | Old unfounded claims that Melania Trump was an escort resurface on social media
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The Republican candidate for Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District brought up a string of largely discredited conspiracy theories about health, weather control and world government during an interview on Connecticut Public’s “The Wheelhouse.”Jim Griffin is the endorsed Republican candidate …
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It’s 2017 and strange worlds are merging. Twitter user @hatehshaliek created this beautiful mashup that includes cartoon legend DuckTales and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Clearly, what the DuckTales theme song needed was the voice of the man who claimed 9/11 was an inside job. Mashable Top …
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A video being shared online falsely claims to show that Nurofen tablets contain graphene oxide. In the clip, a person claims to put a “whole week’s worth” of Nurofen Zavance tablets into a glass of water. The speaker holds a magnet to the cloudy glass of water and a tiny amount of black material …
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a prolific spreader and amplifier of misinformation on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, a new report alleges. An analysis from NewsGuard shows that Musk has advanced at least 17 false narratives from the group’s misinformation database, from sharing a video …
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How the allegations against Sean Combs change the way we talk about #MeToo, rumors and powerful men.Michelle CottleRoss DouthatTressie McMillan Cottom and Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadioThis week on “Matter of Opinion,” we take …
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