Louisiana’s populist politician Huey Long, giving an address on CBS Radio in 1934. Louisiana State University, CC BY-SA Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine Local…
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Sinclair Broadcast Group is under fire, following the spread of a video showing anchors at its stations reading a script criticizing ‘fake’ news stories. Steve…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Facebook announced Wednesday that it believes up to 87 million users — mostly in the United States — were affected by…
SAN BRUNO, Calif. — The website is a catalog of a woman’s passion for animal rights and her anger at YouTube. She complains of “close-minded”…
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and leading broadcasters launched a drive against fake news Tuesday with a new set of trust and transparency standards for journalists….
A London lawyer who admitted to lying to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in November 2017 was ordered Tuesday to 30 days in prison, the…
President Trump lauded Sinclair Broadcasting Group as “superior” to cable news networks CNN and NBC News after dozens of local news anchors on Sinclair-owned networks…
Malaysia’s government Monday pushed a law through parliament that makes ” fake news” punishable with a maximum six-year jail term despite an outcry from critics…
China on Monday imposed new tariffs on 128 US imports worth $3 billion, including fruits and pork, in retaliation to US duties on steel and…
Mexico’s top presidential candidates launched their campaigns Sunday vowing to take a harder line against Donald Trump, with the leftist front-runner vowing his country is…
U.S. President Donald Trump called for tougher immigration laws Sunday, vowing that there would be no deal for DACA recipients. “Border Patrol Agents are not…
We don’t automatically question information we read or hear. Gaelfphoto/Shutterstock.com Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University Here’s a quick quiz for you: In the biblical story, what…
Trolls spread Russian disinformation campaigns across Europe and the U.S. Shutterstock Thomas Holt, Michigan State University The U.S. has been rocked over the last two…
Gun control activist David Hogg, who survived the Florida school shooting last month, is calling for people to target Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s advertisers…
President Donald Trump ousted Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin Wednesday, announcing his intent to nominate the White House physician, Admiral Ronny Jackson, in Shulkin’s…
China says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un confirmed during a secretive visit to Beijing his commitment to denuclearize the Korean peninsula and engage in…
Facebook said Wednesday it will overhaul its privacy settings tools to put users “more in control” of their information on the social media website. The…
Donald Trump is famously obsessed with his ratings-both TV viewership numbers and his popularity among voters-and, with that in mind, the president got a bit…
Fifty-five percent of Americans worry a “great deal” about finding affordable health care, according to a Gallup poll Monday that says the issue tops a…
The United States on Monday announced the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats and intelligence officers, as well as the closure of Russia’s Seattle consulate, in…