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Feb 21 2022
Analysis
When George Washington fought misinformation
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: People used misinformation to try to gain political advantage.
And, yes, even George Washington was a target.
Forged letters from before his presidency claimed to show that Washington privately sympathized with
PolitiFactOct 12 2023
News
Europe gives TikTok CEO 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation
European regulator Thierry Breton shared a stern letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Thursday, claiming his office has “indications” that the platform is being used to distribute disinformation and illegal content around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Breton serves as the European commissioner for the internal market. He said TikTok must be “timely, diligent and objective” about
CNBCApr 12 2020
News
Get smart about COVID-19 misinformation
Giving facts a fighting chance: As part of a comprehensive effort to combat misinformation about COVID-19 and the strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes it, NLP created this resource page to provide accurate information about the pandemic.
It includes free resources for educators, students and the general public, along with links to authoritative sources of health information.
News Literacy ProjectMay 09 2023
News
Anheuser-Busch CEO blames ‘misinformation’ for Dylan Mulvaney debacle
That was the term the CEO of Anheuser-Busch’s parent company used to explain the hangover from Bud Light’s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
AB InBev CEO Michel Doukeris told the Financial Times that Bud Light sales have dropped and the brand’s public image ruined because of “misinformation and confusion” about a can of Bud Light emblazoned with Ms. Mulvaney’s face
Washington TimesJul 03 2023
Analysis
The self-inflicted voting machine misinformation crisis looming over 2024
The federal government is about to change its certification guidelines for voting machines — and election officials across the country are bracing for a wave of misinformation that erodes trust in the 2024 election.
Election officials are not-so-quietly freaking out that this long-awaited technical overhaul of voting machine guidelines later this year will be weaponized against them.
PoliticoMay 05 2023
News
Minnesota enacts automatic voter registration, penalties for election misinformation
ST. PAUL — A large number of Minnesotans will be automatically registered to vote in future elections under a bill signed into law Friday, May 5, by Gov. Tim Walz. That change to state election law and others, including pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds and a permanent absentee ballot option, will help Minnesota remain a leader in voter participation, said the Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Detroit Lakes TribuneApr 24 2024
News
Fauci to testify before Congress for the first time since stepping down
Anthony Fauci, former chief medical advisor to President Biden, will testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 3, making it the first time he will appear before a congressional panel since leaving government work at the end of 2022. Subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced the hearing on Wednesday. Fauci had committed to testify late last year
The HillFeb 07 2020
Analysis
It’s not misinformation. It’s faith.
Ifirst met the anti-vaxxers in the spring of last year, at the height of the measles outbreak. It was just after sunrise, in the dim light of Jamaica Station in Queens, New York, where we had arranged to meet a bus to Albany. As we waited, in the glow of the brake lights on Sutphin Boulevard, freezing rain beaded red on the station’s glass walls. Most of the women were meeting in person for
Columbia Journalism ReviewMay 12 2020
Perspectives Blog
Is AllSides Spreading Misinformation by Covering ‘Plandemic’?
Over the weekend, a clip from a documentary titled “Plandemic” went viral, prompting censorship from YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo, and an onslaught of media coverage that roundly condemned the video as containing misinformation, falsehoods, and conspiracy theories. The clip is still available on sites like bitchute and NewTube.
Should AllSides cover news that is potentially untrue, and
AllSides StaffApr 25 2024
News
As bird flu spreads in cows, fractured U.S. response has echoes of early covid
Federal agencies with competing interests are slowing the country’s ability to track and control an outbreak of highly virulent bird flu that for the first time is infecting cows in the United States, according to government officials and health and industry experts.
The response has echoes of the early days of 2020, when the coronavirus began its deadly march around the world. Today,
Washington Post