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Apr 25 2022
Opinion
Randi Weingarten Joins Fearmongering Campaign against Florida Parental-Rights Law to ‘Save Democracy’
Randi Weingarten’s Latest Lie
One need not look far to find instances of American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten spreading disinformation. During the last two years of the pandemic, as leader of the nation’s second-largest teachers’ union, she did everything in her power to ensure that students remained out of classrooms, even when countless studies and the example of
National Review (News)Jul 25 2022
Analysis
Alex Jones' Sandy Hook Defamation Trial Is Set To Begin. Here's How It Got To This Point.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will face a jury of his peers for the first time next week in a defamation trial to determine how much he will have to pay the parents of a child killed in a school shooting after he spent years peddling lies that the tragic ordeal never happened.
On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, and opened fire. He
HuffPostDec 05 2022
Analysis
The Twitter files on Hunter Biden
On Friday, Twitter CEO Elon Musk told his followers that he would be releasing documents showing "what really happened with the Hunter Biden story suppression by Twitter" in the lead-up to the 2020 election, calling the company’s actions "free speech suppression." On Saturday, independent journalist Matt Taibbi started a Twitter thread he called "the Twitter files," sharing screenshots of
TangleMay 18 2023
Perspectives Blog
How Should We Regulate AI?
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s call for regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) before the Senate this week raised questions about how to mitigate the risks of new generative AI platforms like ChatGPT. For Context: There is currently no comprehensive federal legislation on AI in the
AllSides StaffApr 02 2021
News
NPR Corrects Claim that Hunter Biden Story Was ‘Discredited’ by Intelligence Community
National Public Radio corrected a claim on Thursday that reports about Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop had been “discredited” by the intelligence community.
“A previous version of this story said U.S. intelligence had discredited the laptop story,” NPR noted. “U.S. intelligence officials have not made a statement to that effect.”
The correction came on a review of Biden’s new
MediaiteAug 05 2022
Opinion
Right-wing sheriffs are doing some really shady political organizing against the election system
The New York Times recently published a must-read investigation into right-wing activist efforts to organize county sheriffs for the purpose of challenging the electoral system based on 2020 election rigging disinformation. So far these efforts are relatively small, but they’re more worrisome for what they could grow into: a powerful tool for delegitimizing the voting system, and even a basis
MSNBCMay 05 2022
Perspectives Blog
Live Blog: Tracking Ukraine Fact Checking, Misinformation and Fake News
5/12/22: Coverage on this blog has ended. For the latest balanced news coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, check out our Ukraine war page.
This blog will feature constant updates on misinformation, fake news, fact-checking, unconfirmed stories, disputed claims and statistics, and examples of propaganda and disinformation relating to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. If you
AllSides StaffFeb 13 2022
Analysis
7 times the Biden administration has called for censorship of the press and social media
The Biden administration has called for media and social media censorship, using COVID-19 as an excuse to tell social media platforms to take a tougher stance on "misinformation" and "disinformation," which the White House identifies as anything that goes against its messaging.
While there has been pushback against the administration, they have also been effective. Social media
The Post MillennialMay 06 2022
News
The War in Ukraine, as Seen on Russian TV
To Western audiences, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has unfolded as a series of brutal attacks punctuated by strategic blunders. But on Russian television, those same events were spun as positive developments, an interpretation aided by a rapid jumble of opinion and falsehoods.
Much of Russian news media is tightly controlled by the Kremlin, with state-run television working as a
New York Times (News)Aug 17 2022
News
Biden’s federal overreach started with Obama
The FBI recently raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Or, in other words: A federal agency mobilized against a political opponent of the sitting president. It’s deeply concerning. This is the way of Mao, Stalin, and Castro, not Washington, Adams, and Lincoln.
It’s not the only power grab in the works, either. Our government just expanded the IRS force with $46
Fox News (Opinion)