How local journalism can upend the ‘fake news’ narrative
Local journalists are often the only journalists that most people will ever meet. teka12/Shutterstock.com Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon “For the first time media is…
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Dictionary.com Chooses ‘Misinformation’ as Word of the Year
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Migrants enveloped in tear gas after heading toward US
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Mexican government denies White House officials’ claim that there is a deal to hold asylum seekers in Mexico
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Bogus Meme Targets Red Cross
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House panel subpoenas Comey, Lynch
Republished with permission by Knowhere News The House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), signed subpoenas on Tuesday for former FBI Director James Comey…
(Opinion) Donald Trump, the upside: he’s forcing journalism to do better
Shutterstock Robert E Gutsche Jr, Lancaster University The presidency of Donald Trump and has been widely – and often fairly – lambasted in the mainstream…