Tag: Fact-checking
Exhausted by the news? Here are 6 strategies to stay informed...
Seth Ashley, Boise State University
Political spin is nothing new, and identifying reliable news and information can be hard...
‘For You’: What to know about news on TikTok
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, University of Connecticut
Last time you scrolled the “For You” page on TikTok, did you get a...
How populist leaders like Trump use ‘common sense’ as an ideological...
Dannagal G. Young, University of Delaware
It’s “the revolution of common sense,” President Donald Trump announced in his second...
Meta shift from fact-checking to crowdsourcing spotlights competing approaches in fight...
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University
Meta’s decision to change its content moderation policies by replacing centralized fact-checking teams with...
In a battle of AI versus AI, researchers are preparing for...
John Sohrawardi, Rochester Institute of Technology and Matthew Wright, Rochester Institute of Technology
An investigative journalist receives a video from an anonymous whistleblower. It shows...
Beyond fact-checking: 5 things schools should do to foster news literacy
Seth Ashley, Boise State University
When it comes to news literacy, schools often emphasize fact-checking and hoax-spotting. But as I argue in my new book,...
Why you stink at fact-checking
Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University
Here’s a quick quiz for you:
In the biblical story, what was Jonah swallowed by?
How many animals of each kind did Moses...
EXPLORING NATURE
In 2025, Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the...
Daniel Chavas, Purdue University
Violent tornado outbreaks, like the storms that tore through parts of St. Louis and London,...
