How workers – not companies – are bearing the growing burden of government
By Sage Ross (Own work) [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University Tax day is here…
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Strikes against Syria: Did Trump need permission from Congress?
President Donald Trump after speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service Launching 59 cruise…
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…
Techniques of 19th-century fake news reporter teach us why we fall for it today
German journalist and novelist Theodor Fontane. Wikimedia Commons Petra S. McGillen, Dartmouth College Donald Trump appears to have a straightforward definition of fake news: Stories…
In shake up, Rick Perry moves into Trump’s national security inner circle
By Gage Skidmore (Flickr: Rick Perry) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune April 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — A new…
The White House Wouldn’t Post Trump Staffers’ Financial Disclosures. So We Did.
by Ariana Tobin and Derek Kravitz ProPublica, April 1, 2017, 11:38 a.m. In a remarkable Friday night news dump, the Trump administration made dozens of…
Why are some people more gullible than others?
Lies, pranks and April Fool’s Day jokes show how gullible we can sometimes be. from http://www.shutterstock.com Joseph Paul Forgas, UNSW Homo sapiens is probably an…
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 seven deadly sins of statistical misinterpretation, and how to avoid them
Where are the error bars? Shutterstock Winnifred Louis, The University of Queensland and Cassandra Chapman, The University of Queensland Statistics is a useful tool for…
A 2-for-1 for Racists: Post Hateful Fliers, and Revel in the News Coverage
by Ken Schwencke ProPublica, March 24, 2017, 8 a.m. The Houston man laid out the details of his triumphant plan during a podcast last July:…
Why polls seem to struggle to get it right – on elections and everything else
Where are the people really going? kewl/flickr, CC BY Daniel Alexander, Drake University I am a professor of mathematics, so my ears perk up when I…
We Fact-Checked Lawmakers’ Letters to Constituents on Health Care
by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, March 22, 2017, 5 a.m. When Louisiana resident Andrea Mongler wrote to her senator, Bill Cassidy, in support of the Affordable…
Could Roe v. Wade be overturned?
Pro-life and anti-abortion activists converge in front of the Supreme Court on Jan. 27, 2017. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik B. Jessie Hill, Case Western Reserve University…
How a Christian movement is growing rapidly in the midst of religious decline
Jesus culture. Adam Rozanas, CC BY-NC-ND Brad Christerson, Biola University and Richard Flory, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences In…
How online hate infiltrates social media and politics
From person to person, the spread of online hate can be rapid. Connections via shutterstock.com Adam G. Klein, Pace University In late February, the headline of…
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…
Neil Gorsuch and the First Amendment: Questions the Senate Judiciary Committee should ask
Clay Calvert, University of Florida Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for United States Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch are fast approaching. It’s time to consider…
Fact-Checking Elected Officials on the Affordable Care Act Repeal
by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, March 10, 2017, 5 a.m. Dismayed by the results of the 2016 election, Meg Godfrey decided she needed to do more…
The WikiLeaks CIA release: When will we learn?
The world is searching – will we protect ourselves? Graphic via shutterstock.com Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland,…