Facebook’s new anti-fake news strategy is not going to work – but something else might
Paul Ralph, University of Auckland Have you seen some “tips to spot fake news” on your Facebook newsfeed recently? Over the past year, the social…
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People are taking to the streets to defend science – but it could come at a cost
Scientists protest against proposed cuts against science in the UK in 2010. Shane/Flickr, CC BY-SA Joseph Roche, Trinity College Dublin Scientists around the world are facing…
Why I’m supporting Saturday’s March for Science
Simon Chapman, University of Sydney In the early 16th century Copernicus published his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres)….
Palmer Report makes yet another False Claim about Media Bias Fact Check
On 4/18/17 Bill Palmer of the Palmer Report decided to make up another false claim, without evidence, against Media Bias Fact Check. In his libelous…
Facts are not always more important than opinions: here’s why
The message over the doorway to London’s Kirkaldy Testing Museum. But don’t be too quick to believe the facts and dismiss the opinions. Flickr/Kevo Thomson,…
A Few Website Updates
I wanted to give some brief updates about what is happening here at MBFC as there is a lot going on behind the scenes that…
With Syria missile strikes, Trump turns from non-intervention to waging war
Military strikes against a Syrian airforce base mark Donald Trump’s first big foreign policy test as president. Ben Rich, Curtin University The United States’ unilateral…
Palmer Report Republishes Fake Daily News Bin Story Against Media Bias Fact Check
For some mysterious reason Bill Palmer of the Palmer Report and the Daily News Bin has decided to republish, a false report about Media Bias Fact Check…
The power of ordinary people facing totalitarianism
A 1969 photo of political theorist and scholar Hannah Arendt. AP Photo Kathleen B. Jones, San Diego State University In the weeks since the election…
Fake News has Jumped the Shark
Here at Media Bias Fact Check we try to stay away from opinion pieces, unless said piece is extremely evidence based. I want to give…