I tell my journalism students they won't hear me talk about Trump's policies at all. But I do talk about…
Often when I see people in my social media feed criticizing "the media," they are unfairly blaming journalists for how…
It's a logical fallacy to suggest that where two sides disagree, the truth must lie in the center. It doesn't…
Verrit, like Snopes, Politifact, and a host of other fact-checking sites, reflect fundamental misunderstandings about how information circulates online, what…
We're all still reeling from Trump's statement yesterday that he "didn't see any reason why it would be" true that…
Confirm what your sources tell you. Fact-checking makes the difference between ethical journalism (which sometimes upsets the powerful) and propaganda…
In its efforts to combat the spread of false news online (whether by malicious people who knew it was propaganda,…
Instead of flagging links to questionable news items, Facebook will instead hide them. Which is nice, but it still means…
Fake news works on our emotions, usually by stoking our fears or confirming our biases. Real news relies on verifiable…
The only reason Facebook is paying attention to fake news is because it wants to monetize real news. (Monetize =…
I prefer reading and listening to the news rather than watching it, but I'm glad to know that some TV…
In a new research paper that Poynter says will be published tomorrow by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Hunt Allcott…
As the faculty advisor to a college journalism program, I am very interested in the relationship between professional journalists and…
The Washington Post, which was one of about a dozen news outlets that Trump banned from his campaign events for…
Update, June 2020: See Vanessa Otero Ad Fontes Media Updated Media Bias Chart --6.0 Vanessa Otero created an impressive chart…
The Times played it right.... Off-the-record was a mistake for the TV people, and it would have been a mistake…
Trump offers plenty of opportunities for his detractors to criticize him. In the case of BabyGate, it does appear that…
"If your mother says she loves you, check it out." In the most recent edition of New York, its annual…
Rolling Stone, how about you apologize by disclosing the money you made by sensationalizing the under-researched UVa fraternity rape story,…
The links under your friend's post got your attention. What the hyperbolic, go-for-the-gut click-baity blurb did to your lizard brain…