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I don’t believe in disinformation. And it’s time for democracies to stop focusing on it. I’m not saying there’s no such thing or that it’s not bad. I’m saying something […]
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Heidi Tworek is Associate Professor of International History and Public Policy and Canada Research Chair (Tier II) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Her work examines the history […]
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Scroll through social media feeds today and you can expect to be bombarded with dubious claims about Russia’s war in Ukraine. Many were created by or on behalf of Russia, […]
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While it’s easy to consider President George Washington as a Founding Father from long ago, his political milieu of the 1700s had at least one thing in common with today: […]
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GETTING YOUR GOAT: Connoisseurs of medical-misinformation tales have probably heard of Kansas doctor John Brinkley. His claim to fame can be summed up very simply: He became rich and famous […]
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Americans had to confront a new reality when an angry mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021: Some of their fellow citizens were in the grips of a […]
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Dec. 13, 2021) – When the Poynter Institute launched its digital media literacy initiative MediaWise in 2018, the nonpartisan nonprofit set an ambitious goal. Teach 1 million middle […]
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In the early 19th century, British people finally had access to the first vaccine in history, one that promised to protect them from smallpox, among the deadliest diseases of the […]