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Rise of right-wing apps seen worsening midterm disinformation | Roll Call
by Gopal Ratnam
2 days ago
The new apps and sites present a new information landscape for voters as November’s midterm elections approach and Democrats seek…
Fact-checking may be important, but it won’t help Americans learn to disagree better | The Conversation
by Taylor Dotson
4 days ago
Entering the new year, Americans are increasingly divided. They clash not only over differing opinions on COVID-19 risk or abortion,…
NSO Group promised to stop selling tools to spy on journalists. A new report proves otherwise | Rest of World
by Leo Schwartz
4 days ago
In July, a consortium of journalists unveiled the Pegasus Project: An investigation detailing how governments across the world deployed Pegasus…
KPCC and LAist are shifting the focus of their politics coverage from politicians to voters. Here’s why. | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Tony Marcano
January 13, 2022
In the year since the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, there’s been a renewed focus on how news…
Opinion: The rise of a pro-democracy media | The Washington Post
by Perry Beacon Jr.
January 10, 2022
America’s news media is increasingly covering the growing radicalism of the Republican Party and its democracy-eroding behavior. That’s a welcome…
The emergencies of climate and democracy are linked | Columbia Journalism Review
by Mark Hertsgaard
January 6, 2022
A year ago today, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy were fleeing for their lives as a violent mob swarmed the…
Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation and Insurrection Threats in Months Leading Up to Jan. 6 Attack, Records Show | ProPublica
by Craig Silverman, Craig Timberg, Jeff Kao, and Jeremy B. Merrill
January 6, 2022
Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory between Election Day and the…
The January 6 insurrection: One year later | CITAP & IDDP
by CITAP & IDDP
January 4, 2022
The University of North Carolina’s Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) and George Washington University’s Institute for Data,…
If American democracy is going to survive, the media must make this crucial shift | The Washington Post
by Margaret Sullivan
January 3, 2022
In the year since the Jan. 6 insurrection, mainstream journalists have done a lot of things right. They’ve published major investigations,…