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Donald Trump’s “big lie” playbook ā the collection of falsehoods alleging that the 2020 election was stolen through voting fraud ā mirrors the tactics used by sophisticated spreaders of disinformation. […]
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) blasted those who are spreading conspiracy theories about the January 6th insurrection ā that the violence that day was a āfalse flagā operation ā as āun-Americanā […]
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Where Tucker Carlson goes, Fox News and its viewers follow. The network’s top host is now leading them to an examination of the violent Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. […]
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The powerful conservative youth group Turning Point USA, which has forged strong ties to Donald Trump and his son Don Trump Jr, has raised tens of millions of dollars from […]
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This study examines racial and ethnic biases in the targeting of ads on Facebookās advertising platform in January 2020 and January 2021, before and after a major July 2020 boycott […]
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For two years, he ran websites and Facebook groups that spread bogus stories, conspiracy theories, and propaganda. Under him was a dedicated team of writers and editors paid to produce […]
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We measure the immediate and medium-term effects of 21 highly-trafficked pieces of misinformation and fact-checks during the 2020 U.S. election with eight panel experiments (N = 17,681). Exposure to misinformation […]
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This session will provide an opportunity to discuss the challenges of reporting on Capitol Riots. Kadia Goba was on the ground reporting from inside the Capitol and Malachy Browne used […]
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In May, CNNās Kyung Lah cornered Karen Fann, the Republican president of Arizonaās Senate, in a parking lot. Fann had recently commissioned a bogus āauditāāsince more accurately dubbed a āfrauditāāof […]
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Over the weekend, the New York TimesĀ reportedĀ that a member of the Proud Boys who was serving as an FBI informant had kept his bureau handler updated as he participated in […]