Trump blasts ‘bonkers’ media spewing ‘Radical Left Democrat views’
President Trump on Monday lashed out at the media, targeting The Washington Post in particular, as he remained fixated on coverage of his ongoing attacks on four [...]
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U.S. journalism really has become more subjective and personal — at least some of it
A deep linguistic analysis finds that newspapers today are a lot like newspapers 30 years ago. But TV news — especially cable news — has ramped up the emotion, the [...]
Violence against the media isn’t new – history shows why it largely disappeared and has now returned
The Capital Gazette in Annapolis lost five staffers in a shooting. AP/Patrick Semansky Jennifer E. Moore, University of Minnesota Duluth and Michael J. Socolow, University of [...]
More Republicans in the news? That’s not media bias
It’s difficult to measure media bias. Lawrey/shutterstock.com Dominik Stecula, University of Pennsylvania A July 20 report, analyzing news content from The New York Times [...]
Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US
What kinds of social media users read junk news? An Oxford University study analyzed the distribution of the most significant sources of junk news in the three months before [...]
A century ago, progressives were the ones shouting ‘fake news’
An 1894 cartoon by Frederick Burr Opper criticizes American newspapers’ elasticity with the truth. Library of Congress Matthew Jordan, Pennsylvania State University Donald [...]
The Making of a Questionable Source: The About Page – Part 1
This is the first in a multi-part series that will look at how Media Bias Fact Check (MBFC) determines if a source is Questionable or not. In this installment I will explain [...]
Media tested anew in ‘war’ with Trump
When Donald Trump sought this week to lump white supremacists and those protesting against them into the same bag, he triggered a political firestorm with Republicans and [...]
The real consequences of fake news
This photograph taken in Paris Friday Dec. 2, 2016 shows stories from USA Daily News 24, a fake news site registered in Veles, Macedonia. USA Daily News 24 is one of roughly [...]
Being more media savvy won’t stop the spread of ‘fake news’ – here’s why
Shutterstock Craig Harper, Nottingham Trent University “Fake news” is the buzzword of 2017. Barely a day goes by without a headline about president Donald Trump [...]
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 [...]
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 hear someone say that [...]
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 a news [...]
‘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 recently made the news in [...]
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 ban [...]
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 to improve the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Media Bias in San Bernardino Shooting Coverage
(12/14/15) This is an excellent opinion piece from the Pasadena City College Courier. The author Amber Lipsey explains how the media label’s mass shootings [...]
Truthfulness of 2016 Presidential Candidates
(12/7/15) The chart below shows Politifact’s percentage of True and Mostly True statements by 2016 Presidential Candidates. This is not a scientific list by any [...]