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How a Tennessee Nurse Unwittingly Became the Face of an Anti-Vax Campaign | On The Media
by WNYC Studios
May 15, 2022
On this week’s show, we share an excerpt of a new podcast hosted by friend-of-the-show and NBC News reporter Brandy…
Carlson shows why cable news is ideal terrain for election misinformation | The Washington Post
by Philip Bump
May 9, 2022
One of the reasons that Tucker Carlson is successful at what he does is because of where he does it.…
Don’t call it crazy: How the media “wraparound” effect cements people’s beliefs | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Dan Falk
May 5, 2022
Our world is awash in mis- and disinformation. Conspiratorial thinking and misguided beliefs and attitudes towards science are widespread. But…
The Vance-Carlson-Trump nexus | Columbia Journalism Review
by Jon Allsop
May 4, 2022
“Cultural heroin.” In July 2016, J.D. Vance used those words, in an Atlantic op-ed, to explain, and ultimately dismiss, the…
Obama’s plans to fight disinformation are better than most | The Verge
by Casey Newton
April 25, 2022
A former president of the United States has their pick of big problems to tackle once they leave office. Jimmy…
Who has the right to be anonymous? | New Statesman
by Emily Tamkin
April 21, 2022
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday (19 April) the Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz published an article that confirmed the name of…
Prominent peddler of COVID misinfo pleads guilty to joining Capitol riot | Ars Technica
by Beth Mole
March 7, 2022
Dr. Simone Gold, a prominent anti-vaccine doctor who founded a group notorious for widely peddling COVID-19 misinformation, pleaded guilty on…
How Facebook twisted Canada’s trucker convoy into an international movement | The Verge
by Ryan Broderick
February 22, 2022
After more than two weeks of chaotic protest, this week, the Canadian government pushed back. On Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin…
Project Veritas pokes at the New York Times but loses a legal battle | Columbia Journalism Review
by Caleb Pershan
February 16, 2022
Project Veritas, the right-wing website that often publishes surreptitiously recorded and selectively edited videos to embarrass liberals and mainstream media…