Disinformation Max Burns Jan 6, 2025

The Revisionist History of January 6

Max Burns Jan 6, 2025

GOP lawmakers said on record they wanted Trump held accountable. Now they're trying to rewrite history and absolve the incoming president and the insurrectionists, even as an entire nation witnessed the unprecedented mayhem.

The Fourth Estate Karl Bode Jan 2, 2025

America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal

Karl Bode Jan 2, 2025

Our media landscape has been overrun with clickbait and disinformation, which is largely responsible for Trump’s return to the Oval Office. And when lies replace real news, this authoritarian administration might be able to hold onto power for a very long time.

Disinformation Karl Bode Mar 6, 2023

America’s Propaganda Apocalypse Was Decades in the Making

Karl Bode Mar 6, 2023

Years of policy failures built our modern media reality long before Elon Musk shared his first meme. Reformers need all the help they can get to reverse the tide.

Pressing Issues Allison Hantschel Feb 14, 2023

This Is How Media Shapes the Narrative

Allison Hantschel Feb 14, 2023

When a paper of record makes unsubstantiated claims, other media outlets see them and spin them out in a subversive game of telephone. Is this how we really want the first draft of history to be written?

The Fourth Estate Parker Molloy Feb 2, 2023

Media’s Lust for Conflict Is Failing the Public

Parker Molloy Feb 2, 2023

In their depiction of Trump’s and Biden’s “markedly different” classified document situations, journalists are muddying the waters and confusing readers.

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Disinformation Catherine Caruso Apr 11, 2022

The GOP’s Dangerous Lies About “Grooming”

Catherine Caruso Apr 11, 2022

On the heels of their disinformation campaign around CRT, Republicans have found their next target, straight off the QAnon message boards, aimed right at the LGBTQ community.

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Disinformation Brooke Binkowski Apr 6, 2022

Reimagining Borders Could Help Contain Disinformation

Brooke Binkowski Apr 6, 2022

Disinformation around immigration has become pervasive over the last decade. With increasing numbers of refugees displaced by war and climate emergencies, resilience demands that we reevaluate the value of lines on a map.

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Disinformation Brooke Binkowski Mar 14, 2022

How Disinformation Powers Vigilantism

Brooke Binkowski Mar 14, 2022

Citizen militias at the U.S.-Mexico border rely on social media to spread lies about immigrants and validate their belief—and desire—that violent policing equates justice.

A Black person holding a sign that says "Federal voting rights protections now!" In this collage, there is also a mask, a COVID-19 symbol, a sign that says "There's no Planet B," a drawing of the Earth," a picture that says "I voted," a drawing of the Ukrainian flag in front of the Earth, which is in the background.

State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Mar 1, 2022

Why Do We Make Politics So Complicated?

Kaitlin Byrd Mar 1, 2022

Americans are up to their necks in urgent crises, from an ever-evolving pandemic to climate disaster to supremacist autocracy, and can't bring themselves to tackle, let alone acknowledge any of them.

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Disinformation Brooke Binkowski Sep 18, 2020

Protecting Yourself From Disinformation

Brooke Binkowski Sep 18, 2020

From conspiracy theories, to trolls and bots, we're fighting a war of propaganda and misinformation. But there are steps you can take to combat it.