Gerrymandering issue to go to the Supreme court
The titanic issue of electoral district manipulation, otherwise known as Gerrymandering is set to be taken up by the Supreme Court in what will surely…
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How US gun control compares to the rest of the world
Handgun in a holster, baby in a stroller at the 2016 NRA convention in Louisville, Kentucky.AP Photo/Mark Humphrey John Donohue, Stanford University Editor’s note: This…
Fact Check: Is Trump’s approval rating higher than Obama’s?
President Trump today decided to give himself a metaphorical pat on the back by taking to twitter to tout his most recent approval ratings. The…
Special Report: Cancer agency left in the dark over glyphosate evidence
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – When Aaron Blair sat down to chair a week-long meeting of 17 specialists at the International Agency for Research…
From the Pentagon Papers to Trump: How the government gained the upper hand against leakers
‘Drop’ via http://www.shutterstock.com Margot Susca, American University School of Communication In October 1969, a national security official named Daniel Ellsberg began secretly photocopying 7,000 classified…
Media Bias Fact Check adds its 1,500th source!
Moments ago we added our 1,500th source. That is 1,500 sources that have been read, researched and reviewed by actual human beings. While some/many may…
How a journalism class is teaching middle schoolers to fight fake news
Ed Madison, University of Oregon Research last year out of Stanford University revealed that students – from middle schoolers to undergraduates – are easily duped…
President Trump grants Pentagon authority to manage troop levels in Afghanistan
By The U.S. Army (Afghanistan patrol) [CC BY 2.0 or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Donald Trump has granted the Pentagon the authority to manage…
When politicians cherry-pick data and disregard facts, what should we academics do?
Advocating for facts and evidence at the March for Science in California earlier this year. Matthew Roth/flickr, CC BY-NC Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan…
Quick Poll: Should NBC air the Alex Jones (Infowars) Interview?
On June 18th Megyn Kelly of the NBC Network is set to air her interview with Alex Jones of Infowars fame. Alex Jones has been…