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Jul 20 2020
News
Can kids spread the coronavirus? 'Conclusively, without a doubt – yes,' experts say
As school districts around the country reveal reopening guidelines for when students return to classrooms in the fall, many parents are concerned about how the coronavirus could affect their children.
The White House has provided confusing statements. Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Thursday "science should not stand in the way" of schools reopening, though "science is on our side
USA TODAYJun 09 2021
Opinion
Facebook should permanently ban Trump
Facebook has done the bare minimum once again regarding Donald Trump’s account, postponing real action for two years. But anything short of a full ban rings hollow. Trump spent years using Facebook to push misinformation and spread extreme rhetoric against his critics -- particularly during his presidency -- and it should be easy for the platform to do the responsible thing and permanently ban
Media MattersMay 27 2022
Perspectives Blog
What is Fake News?
We’ve all heard the term “fake news.” But what actually qualifies? There is broad disagreement about what deserves to be called “fake news.” The term was broadly used during former President Donald Trump’s tenure in office, and became part of the mainstream discourse when he famously told a CNN reporter, “You're fake news” in 2017. “Fake news” typically refers to purely false or made up
Henry A. BrechterJul 16 2020
News
Summers could become 'too hot for humans'
Millions of people around the world could be exposed to dangerous levels of heat stress - a dangerous condition which can cause organs to shut down.
Many live in developing countries, and do jobs that expose them to potentially life threatening conditions.
These include being out in the open on farms and building sites or indoors in factories and hospitals.
Global warming
BBC NewsApr 27 2020
News
As tensions mount over lockdowns, Trump courts both sides
President Trump is trying to signal support for his base, many of whom have grown frustrated with government-imposed restrictions, while not alienating the swing voters he’ll need in November. It’s led to divergent messages.
In a past life – that is, before COVID-19 – President Donald Trump was banking on a strong economy to usher him into a second term.
That calculation has
Christian Science MonitorFeb 09 2023
News
Twitter execs acknowledge mistakes with Hunter Biden laptop story but say no government involvement
Former Twitter executives acknowledged to lawmakers Wednesday that the social media company erred when it temporarily suppressed a New York Post story regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop in October 2020, but the officials emphasized there was no government involvement in the decision.
Republicans grilled the social media executives – including former Twitter deputy counsel James Baker –
CNN (Online News)Sep 10 2020
Fact Check
Trump’s Deceptive Comparison of the Coronavirus to the Flu
A new book by journalist Bob Woodward shows that President Donald Trump sought to downplay the seriousness of the novel coronavirus despite the fact that he knew just how dangerous it was.
One way he did that was to liken the coronavirus to the flu, even though he told Woodward in early February that the coronavirus was far more lethal. In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic,
FactCheck.orgMay 08 2021
News
Biden move to share vaccine designed to spread US influence
It won’t speed the manufacture of vaccines. It enraged the developers who delivered lifesaving doses in record time. But President Joe Biden’s decision to support waiving intellectual property rights for coronavirus shots had a broader purpose: to broadcast his administration’s commitment to global leadership.
More than a month of internal debate led up to Biden’s decision this week to
The IndependentSep 03 2021
Opinion
Australia Traded Away Too Much Liberty
In a bid to keep the coronavirus out of the country, Australia’s federal and state governments imposed draconian restrictions on its citizens. Prime Minister Scott Morrison knows that the burden is too heavy. “This is not a sustainable way to live in this country,” he recently declared. One prominent civil libertarian summed up the rules by lamenting, “We’ve never seen anything like this in
Conor FriedersdorfDec 14 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Research Center Finds NewsGuard Ratings More Favorable to Left-Wing Outlets
After conducting research using AllSides Media Bias Ratings™, Media Research Center (Right) has said NewsGuard's media credibility ratings are biased toward left-leaning news sites, as it gives left-wing outlets better trust ratings on average than right sources.
According to MRC’s research, NewsGuard, the browser extension that provides trust ratings for more than 7,000 news and
Julie Mastrine