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…
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Photo Source: Wikimedia Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service; Greg Wright, University of California, Merced, and J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University Editor’s…
Snopes has been reviewed several times since this article was written in 2017. Their rating has changed to reflect changes in our methodology. They are…
CC BY-SA 3.0 NY By Richmond Shreve Viral email messages, a stealth tool in political motivation, abound during political campaigns. I collect them as samples of…
WND (World Net Daily) has included Media Bias/Fact Check in their top 9 fakest news fact checkers list. Although we are not familiar with a…
Ivan Oransky, New York University and Adam Marcus, Johns Hopkins University Have you heard that scientists are planning a march on Washington? The move is…
Aly Colón, Washington and Lee University News consumers today face a flood of fake news and information. Distinguishing between fact and fiction has become increasingly…
Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham There are more academic publishers out there than ever before. In 2014 there was an estimated 28,100 active scientific journals,…
Photo Source: Wikimedia Shontavia Johnson, Drake University By many accounts, Donald Trump’s bold use of Twitter helped him get the attention and votes necessary to…
Richard Vining, University of Georgia; Anthony J. Madonna, University of Georgia, and Jamie Monogan, University of Georgia When he took the oath of office, President…
Often, the negative news reported about large demonstrations/protests is grossly exaggerated (and sometimes outright false) and may give the illusion of an event that was…
Photo Source: Wikimedia Ivor Gaber, University of Sussex The Trump offensive – in both senses of the word – against the media continues unabated. The…
Henry F. (Chip) Carey, Georgia State University Family is important to Donald Trump. The president-elect has appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner as a senior White…
Thanks! That is really all we want to say. One year ago this was just an idea with zero plan. Heck, even 6 months ago…
Anyone paying attention to the 2016 US Presidential election knows that there was more heat than light. This was reflective of a deep problem within…
(Op-Ed) The day has finally arrived. Election Day 2016! I personally have a feeling of relief, fatigue and horror, but mostly fatigue, after this long…
The election for President is less than one week away and the polls have tightened significantly over the last week. There are many factors at…
Here at MBFC News we want people to be informed about media bias and we want to give them the tools to make informed decisions…
(Opinion) I rarely write opinion pieces because I feel it would reveal bias. I decided to weigh in on the Trump debacle because this whole…
Here is a breakdown of how I feel the March 15th primaries will go. I come up with these solutions through study of the most…
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