The very useful “media bias chart” is one of several useful ways to classify sources of journalism. While individual items…
I'm consciously fighting confirmation bias by sharing some claims that I intuitively (irrationally?) doubt. Contrary to widespread beliefs, the share of…
“This is the way they go to war; it’s a central part of Russian doctrine,” said Jim Ludes, a former…
So why are so many people convinced that the NYT has ruined Wordle? Because of confirmation bias. They were already…
How dare President Biden be invoked by a British tabloid that rather creatively linked a scholarly study to a plan…
Using bits and pieces of real news in order to distort the public perception of a story is unethical. Not…
There's nothing like a fair-minded, good-faith analysis of the facts. And this article from PJMedia is nothing like a fair-minded,…
A Richmond police official and a fire official agree that Sunday, multiple individuals interfered with a fire truck's response to…
A Facebook meme that claims "3 of these 4 honorable men were killed by 'protesters'" is false. I don't mean…
A Facebook meme with 52k reactions and 37k shares includes pictures of volunteers cleaning the streets in Minneapolis, the day…
On social media recently I saw people mocking Trump for "refusing" to unveil the traditional presidential portrait of Obama, and…
The Society of Professional Journalists links to an interview with an MIT professor who's studying misinformation on social media (which…
Those mean fake news people at the Washington Post are at it again, this time pushing a series of four…
People who caught the sites plagiarizing began speculating about the motivations of whoever was running them. One person noticed that…
My social media feed was full of people mocking the White House yesterday for publishing a photo titled "First snow…
After FB crowed about this super-upbeat story, a notice appeared saying it was a paid editorial, and then the story…
Context: Sunday, President Trump tweeted a supportive message for people in the path of Hurricane Dorian; however, he included Alabama…
The media reports that on an official trip to Ireland, VP Pence will not stay in the vicinity where he…
When a correspondent sent to Cuba to cover a possible war telegraphed that there would be no war and he…
This is story is from May, but it's very relevant. Standing in front of the classroom at Espoo Adult Education…