Media Bias Explained by ChatGPT and it is Impressive
I have been playing around with ChatGPT for a while and was not very impressed due to its limitations. However, it did recommend a great…
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Don’t be too quick to blame social media for America’s polarization – cable news has a bigger effect, study finds
The past two election cycles have seen an explosion of attention given to “echo chambers,” or communities where a narrow set of views makes people…
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 progressive congresswomen….
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…
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…
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 and…
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…
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 Trump may…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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 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
Snopes has been reviewed several times since this article was written in 2017. Their rating has changed to reflect changes in our methodology. They are…
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…