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Late on Saturday night, local time, British government officials published a highly unusual press release under an ultra-clickable headline: āKremlin plan to install pro-Russian leadership in Ukraine exposed.ā The officials […]
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In the year since the Jan. 6 insurrection, mainstream journalists have done a lot of things right. Theyāve publishedĀ major investigations, pointed out politiciansā lies and, in many cases, finally learned […]
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The extent to which we value intuitive or evidence-based reasoning has important implications for our susceptibility to misinformation. National survey data from Nov-Dec 2020 demonstrate that Trump favorability, conservatism, and […]
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Distrust in the āmainstream mediaā is now a central tenet of American conservatism, and this skepticism has consequences: Democrats and Republicans report vastly different understandings of matters of crucial importance, […]
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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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Most Americans place at least some trust in the media outlet they turn to most frequently for political news. But their trust varies widely by political party and whether they […]
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On the morning of July 1, 2020, newsstands across Hong Kong had a conspicuously uniform appearance. At least eight major papers carried identical front-page advertisements: a cerulean-shaded photo of uniformed […]