Stop masquerading propaganda as news Campaign sleight of hand comes in many forms. Illinoisans are learning more about a particularly deceitful stratagem called Local Government Information Services — an innocuous […]
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What happens when TikTok is your main source of news and information
by Sam Wineburg and Nadav Ziv On TikTok you’re liable to find restaurant recommendations, lip-syncing snippets and false claims stating that COVID-19 vaccines contain aborted fetal tissue and that crisis […]
Americans have lost willingness, ability to share a common national identity
We don’t need more unity. Apologies to Sean Penn, who last week made an earnest case for that virtue in an appearance with — of all people — Sean Hannity […]
Journalism and truth telling in wartime
by Rob Okun Brent Renaud. Marina Ovsyannikova. One a US filmmaker killed by Russian troops on March 13 while working on a documentary about refugees. The other, an editor-producer on […]
The crisis of democracy is a media crisis
by Lorraine Ali This time last year, there was a cruel joke in circulation: The most spiteful year in recent memory would reset itself at midnight Dec. 31, and we’d […]
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 of election fraud […]
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.” — Amber Veal […]
Giuliani’s casual admission of lying speaks volumes
After his election antics last year, it should be beyond serious debate that Rudy Giuliani is a liar. Even so, it’s startling to read how casually former President Donald Trump’s […]
Now, for your local fake news …
Politically funded websites that advance a partisan agenda under the guise of publishing local news are sprouting up across California. The majority of them are operated by a shadowy entity […]
Young people need to start reading real newspapers
by Shreya Prabhu Sitting in my eighth-grade classroom, I stealthily check my email, hoping for news updates from The New York Times or CNN about the heightened COVID-19 crisis in […]
