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Tag: misinformation
Debunking COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
It’s one thing to know, in the abstract sense, that misinformation is being spread around your community. It’s another to hear it for yourself. In the past […]
Peddlers of fake news wreak havoc in the real world
Normally, the St. Louis-based website The Gateway Pundit can and should be laughed off as right-wing, fake-news nonsense. But as Reuters recently reported, the site’s false allegations […]
Science happening in real time
The phrase “grim milestone” has cropped up with such frequency in the last 20 months that it’s beginning to lose its meaning. Because West Virginia surpassed the […]
Alex Jones learns laws are not just ‘for the little people’
by Robin Abcarian Every once in a while, we get a bracing reminder that free speech has its limits. Alex Jones, the barking far-right conspiracy theorist, suffered […]
A chronological feed wouldn’t fix Facebook’s problems
by Cathy O’Neil There’s been a lot of discussion, since the Facebook Files were leaked, about how to repair the social media platform. A lot of this […]
Republicans live in a separate reality
“Before you argue with someone, ask yourself, is that person mentally mature enough to grasp the concept of different perspectives? Because if no, there’s absolutely no point.” […]
Fox News is getting people killed
by Gene Collier Among this week’s harvest of factoids I unearthed looking for other factoids is that next month — Oct. 7, to be precise — marks […]
Sept. 12 letters to the editor
‘Your rights stop where mine begin’ As an older and somewhat immune-compromised person, I could not wait to be fully vaccinated so that I could function as […]
Debunking the ‘Big Lie,’ scholars and statistics show the facts don’t add up
by Mark Z. Barabak In a recent survey of presidential scholars, President Donald Trump finished a dismal third from the bottom, just ahead of perennial duds James […]
