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The coup in Sudan and a dismal moment for press freedom across North Africa | Columbia Journalism Review
by Jon Allsop
October 26, 2021
Yesterday—after two years of promising, fragile transition toward democracy—Sudan fell victim to a military coup. Military leaders seized power, arresting…
Senate Republicans sow disinformation after $480bn US debt ceiling deal | The Guardian
by Hugo Lowell
October 8, 2021
Top Republicans in the Senate are advancing a campaign of disinformation over the debt ceiling as they seek to distort…
Racist ‘white replacement theory’ goes mainstream with Republicans | Axios
by Dan Primack and Russell Contreras
October 1, 2021
A growing number of elected Republicans are openly promoting "white replacement theory," a decades-old conspiracy theory that's animated terrorist attacks,…
Republicans Seek Pennsylvania Voters’ Personal Information in 2020 Review | The New York Times
by Nick Corasaniti
September 17, 2021
But election experts still expressed worries about the amount of personal information being requested and the security risks, both to…
GOP douses Afghanistan withdrawal with misinformation | The Washington Post
by Aaron Blake
September 1, 2021
The Afghanistan withdrawal has gone poorly enough for the Biden administration, and it did itself no favors with its faulty predictions…
How Local Newsrooms Can Better Connect with Conservative and Right-Leaning Audiences | Center for Media Engagement
by Marley Duchovnay and Gina M. Masullo
August 31, 2021
The Center for Media Engagement partnered with Trusting News and 27 local newsrooms to find out how news organizations can…
Partisan divides in media trust widen, driven by a decline among Republicans | Pew Research Center
by Jeffrey Gottfried and Jacob Liedke
August 31, 2021
In just five years, the percentage of Republicans with at least some trust in national news organizations has been cut…
Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative | The New York Times
by Lisa Lerer and Nicholas Fandos
August 2, 2021
In the hours and days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, rattled Republican lawmakers knew exactly who was…
Riverside County Grand Jury Says, “No” Election Fraud | Black Voice News
by Stephanie Williams
July 14, 2021
When the Riverside County Grand Jury released its 2020-2021 Civil Grand Jury Report on July 2, among the several issues…