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Apr 23 2024
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NYC subways should promote the fact there are bathrooms down there, official says
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine wants the MTA to promote the fact there are actual, functioning bathrooms in the subway with a steady stream of announcements and ads. “The number one reaction I’ve gotten has been ‘wait there’s bathrooms on the subway?'” Levine told The Post Tuesday. “It’s incredible how few people knew they existed.” Riders who have to go would be relieved to know that
New York Post (News)Dec 30 2021
Analysis
Facebook Said My Article Was 'False Information.' Now the Fact-Checkers Admit They Were Wrong.
On Monday, I received a rather curious notification on Facebook. A friend alerted me that when she tried to share a recent article of mine, the social media site automatically blurred the accompanying image, replacing it with the ominous declaration that the link contained "false information checked by independent fact-checkers."
The article in question was this one: "The Study That
ReasonOct 18 2018
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In Facebook’s Effort to Fight Fake News, Human Fact-Checkers Struggle to Keep Up
The social network’s algorithms scan billions of posts each day in hopes of flagging misinformation before it goes viral; humans can’t keep up.
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 22 2024
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Thunderbirds come up short against Checkers in front of team’s 10th consecutive sellout (photos)
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Thunderbirds (27-29-3-2) had no shortage of offensive pressure with 30 shots on net but could not solve the Charlotte Checkers (32-23-6-0) in a 2-0 loss on Friday night before the club’s 10th consecutive sellout crowd of 6,793 fans. T-Birds starting netminder Vadim Zherenko had to be ready from the drop of the puck as Charlotte raced out on the shot board, taking
MassLive.comJun 16 2021
Analysis
‘There will always be claims of cheating’ in elections, but fact-checkers can work together to fight back
Fact-checkers emphasized Tuesday the importance of collaboration in protecting election integrity and fighting back against false accusations of fraud.
Speaking at Tuesday’s IFCN Talk, Gilberto Scofield Jr., business and development director for the Brazillian fact-checking organization Agência Lupa, said national elections in 2018 revealed the power of social media to attack the
PoynterMay 30 2021
Opinion
How Fact-Checkers ‘Deceived The Public’ About Possible Virus Outbreak From Wuhan Lab
It’s not an accident that most Americans are just starting to hear about the lab leak theory of COVID-19 origin as a potential legitimate source for the global pandemic’s outbreak. It’s because the theory was suppressed for more than a year by corporate media fact-checkers and their allies in Big Tech.
The pages of The New York Times and The Washington Post have been filled with
The Daily CallerApr 23 2024
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West Palm Beach facts that may surprise you: Residents' commutes, wealth, occupations
You might know that West Palm Beach is the biggest city in Palm Beach County. But did you know half of its residents are younger than 40? Or that one in three don't speak English as their first language? It was incorporated on Nov. 5, 1894, and is the oldest municipality in Southeast Florida. It covers an area of 57.73 square miles. West Palm Beach is home to 117,415 people, according to the
The Palm Beach PostMar 28 2024
Opinion
The Most Troubling Fact About America’s Ports
The immediate impact of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday was viscerally clear: In minutes, the Baltimore Harbor went from a humming logistics hub to a chaotic search and rescue operation. Two construction workers who had been fixing potholes on the bridge were pulled from the water, with six more missing and presumed dead.
As a native of Maryland, I
New York Times (Opinion)Nov 01 2015
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Fiorina: Fact-Checkers Were Right on Women's Jobs, but Liberal Policies Still Bad
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina admitted Sunday she got the statistics wrong on women's employment during last week's debate, but said things still aren't rosy for women under President Barack Obama's leadership.
In the previous debate, Fiorina took flack for sticking by a statement that an undercover video showed a live birth at a Planned Parenthood facility even after the pro
Newsmax (News)Mar 19 2024
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Hunger in Oklahoma: Facts, Damages & Solutions
It's a MitchellTalks Special: Hunger In Oklahoma. When the Stitt Administration declined a new federal summer food program designed to feed 400,000 Oklahoma children, the conversation regarding food insecurity became heated. With Oklahoma's poor health ranking (46th) and equally deficient hunger status (fifth hungriest state in the nation according to Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma) as a
News 9 Oklahoma