Five Ways The GOP Health Bill Would Reverse Course From The ACA
By Julie Rovner After literally years of promises, House Republicans finally have a bill they say will “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. Some…
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Trump’s revised travel ban still faces legal challenges
Men watch the TV news in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 6, 2017. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis President Trump’s new executive order…
With ‘Trumpcare’ On Horizon, Voters Go Wobbly On Repeal
By Jay Hancock As candidate Donald Trump hammered the Affordable Care Act last year as “a fraud,” “a total disaster” and “very bad health insurance,”…
Why politicians think they know better than scientists – and why that’s so dangerous
Making a point at a Washington, D.C. protest in January. stephenmelkisethian/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Elizabeth Suhay, American University One of the most unexpected political developments in…
‘Alternative facts’: A psychiatrist’s guide to twisted relationships to truth
Does your nose grow if it’s a falsehood, not a lie? Thomas Hawk, CC BY-NC Ronald W. Pies, Tufts University The phrase “alternative facts” has…
Trump’s address to Congress: Expert reaction
Photo Source: Wikimedia Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service; Greg Wright, University of California, Merced, and J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University Editor’s…
Trump is right: stories will dry up if the press can’t use anonymous sources
Photo Source: Wikimedia Judith Townend, University of Sussex and Richard Danbury, De Montfort University Donald Trump has declared war on anonymous sources and wants to…
Snopes is a Least Biased Source despite what you may have read
We receive about 50 or more contacts per day from people submitting sources to add to the website, fact check requests and complaints and/or suggestions…
Seeking truth among ‘alternative facts’
CC BY-SA 3.0 NY Peter Neal Peregrine, Lawrence University Part of what I do as an archaeologist is judge between competing claims to truth. Indeed,…
Natural News Banned from Google, but not for Fake News
Over the last few days there has been speculation on why Natural News (naturalnews.com) was banned by Google. On Feburary 22, 2017 approximately 140,000 pages…
Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?
William Parkin, Seattle University; Brent Klein, Michigan State University; Jeff Gruenewald, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Joshua D. Freilich, City University of New York, and Steven…
An Exercise in Web Propaganda
CC BY-SA 3.0 NY By Richmond Shreve Viral email messages, a stealth tool in political motivation, abound during political campaigns. I collect them as samples of…
Media Bias/Fact Check Makes WND’s Fakest Fact Checkers List
WND (World Net Daily) has included Media Bias/Fact Check in their top 9 fakest news fact checkers list. Although we are not familiar with a…
Russia, Trump and the 2016 election: What’s the best way for Congress to investigate?
Photo Source: Wikimedia Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service Exactly how will the U.S. conduct a fair and accurate investigation into Russian meddling…
FAKE NEWS: The media’s existential crisis
By: Tom Lyden Fox9 KMSP Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – For news consumers the relentless discussion of “fake news” can make it seem like reality itself is…
How will native tribes fight the Dakota Access Pipeline in court?
By Pax Ahimsa Gethen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons Monte Mills, The University of Montana On Feb. 8 the U.S. Army Corps…
Trump’s vow to ‘destroy’ Johnson Amendment could wreak havoc on charitable world
Philip Hackney, Louisiana State University and Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University President Donald Trump recently pledged to “destroy” the Johnson Amendment, a 63-year-old law…
Should scientists engage in activism?
Ivan Oransky, New York University and Adam Marcus, Johns Hopkins University Have you heard that scientists are planning a march on Washington? The move is…
You are the new gatekeeper of the news
Aly Colón, Washington and Lee University News consumers today face a flood of fake news and information. Distinguishing between fact and fiction has become increasingly…
Why you should care about the rise of fake journals and the bad science they publish
Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham There are more academic publishers out there than ever before. In 2014 there was an estimated 28,100 active scientific journals,…