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…
Read MoreI have been playing around with ChatGPT for a while and was not very impressed due to its limitations. However, it did recommend a great…
Read MoreThe past two election cycles have seen an explosion of attention given to “echo chambers,” or communities where a narrow set of views makes people…
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….
A deep linguistic analysis finds that newspapers today are a lot like newspapers 30 years ago. But TV news — especially cable news — has…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 has been reviewed several times since this article was written in 2017. Their rating has changed to reflect changes in our methodology. They are…
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…
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…
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