How online hate infiltrates social media and politics
From person to person, the spread of online hate can be rapid. Connections via shutterstock.com Adam G. Klein, Pace University In late February, the headline of…
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Neil Gorsuch and the First Amendment: Questions the Senate Judiciary Committee should ask
Clay Calvert, University of Florida Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for United States Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch are fast approaching. It’s time to consider…
Fact-Checking Elected Officials on the Affordable Care Act Repeal
by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, March 10, 2017, 5 a.m. Dismayed by the results of the 2016 election, Meg Godfrey decided she needed to do more…
The WikiLeaks CIA release: When will we learn?
The world is searching – will we protect ourselves? Graphic via shutterstock.com Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland,…
Five Ways The GOP Health Bill Would Reverse Course From The ACA
By Julie Rovner After literally years of promises, House Republicans finally have a bill they say will “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. Some…
Trump’s revised travel ban still faces legal challenges
Men watch the TV news in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 6, 2017. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis President Trump’s new executive order…
With ‘Trumpcare’ On Horizon, Voters Go Wobbly On Repeal
By Jay Hancock As candidate Donald Trump hammered the Affordable Care Act last year as “a fraud,” “a total disaster” and “very bad health insurance,”…
Why politicians think they know better than scientists – and why that’s so dangerous
Making a point at a Washington, D.C. protest in January. stephenmelkisethian/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Elizabeth Suhay, American University One of the most unexpected political developments in…
Daily Source Bias Check: Kaiser Family Foundation
LEAST BIASED These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes)….
‘Alternative facts’: A psychiatrist’s guide to twisted relationships to truth
Does your nose grow if it’s a falsehood, not a lie? Thomas Hawk, CC BY-NC Ronald W. Pies, Tufts University The phrase “alternative facts” has…