Post-Truth

‘Post-truth’ media really is shifting the news agenda – and more subtly than it seems

September 3, 2017

Information overload fuels 'fake news': study

Proceed with caution. Gil C via Shutterstock Precious N Chatterje-Doody, University of Manchester As stories of Russian “information warfare” in various Western countries [...]

Facts versus feelings isn’t the way to think about communicating science

July 6, 2017

The message might not come through if you put all your communication eggs in one theoretical basket. buydeephoto/Shutterstock.com John Cook, George Mason University and [...]

The “Post-Truth” Problem: The Causes and the Solution

November 25, 2016

Anyone paying attention to the 2016 US Presidential election knows that there was more heat than light. This was reflective of a deep problem within the culture: a degrading [...]

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South Korea to scrap intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid dispute over history

23 August 2019

South Korea said on Thursday it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, drawing a swift [...]

Japan PM reiterates that Tokyo wants South Korea to keep its promises, rebuild trust

23 August 2019

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday Japan still expects South Korea to keep its promises on the [...]

Japan says ending intelligence pact shows South Korea fails to appreciate North Korean threat

23 August 2019

Japanese Minister of Defence Takeshi Iwaya said on Friday South Korea's decision to end an inte [...]

Hong Kong gears up for fresh protests as activists target airport

23 August 2019

Hong Kong is bracing for further anti-government demonstrations and a "stress test" of the [...]

Florida scientists induce spawning of Atlantic coral in lab for first time

23 August 2019

Scientists in Florida have artificially induced reproductive spawning of an endangered Atlantic cora [...]

Democratic National Committee Rejects Call for Official Climate Debate

22 August 2019

The Democratic National Committee on Thursday voted not to hold an official debate dedicated to disc [...]

Congress Told ICE to Detain Fewer People. Instead It Keeps Adding Private Prisons.

22 August 2019

In a now familiar pattern, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has started sending immigrants to ano [...]

Jay Inslee Is Out of the 2020 Race, But Climate Change Will Stay In

22 August 2019

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, the self-described climate candidate, announced on Wednesday night his d [...]

Juul’s Campaign to Raise the Tobacco Age Is More Complicated Than It Seems

22 August 2019

On July 25, Juul, the $38 billion e-cigarette company, appeared before the United States House Overs [...]

Sean Spicer Will Do Anything to Get Back on Television, Even Humiliate Himself. Again.

21 August 2019

In the early 2000s, when Donald Trump’s real estate empire was in shambles and his reputation was do [...]

McConnell offers fresh defense of Senate filibuster, warns Democrats could pass ‘socialist policies’ if they take control

22 August 2019

In an op-ed, the Senate majority leader touted the rights of the minority party in his chamber and s [...]

Bernie Sanders offers a massive climate plan. Environmentalists cheer, but will it be too much for voters?

22 August 2019

Sanders’s new $16.3 trillion climate plan would remake large sections of the U.S. economy. Many envi [...]

NRA shakes up legal team amid intensifying civil war

22 August 2019

The gun rights group severed ties with prominent Washington attorney Charles Cooper, who said that d [...]

Trump won’t get Greenland, but GOP groups are cashing in on the idea with T-shirts

22 August 2019

The Republican Party is using the president's interest in Greenland as a fundraising pitch. [...]

House Democrats have some convincing to do on impeachment

22 August 2019

A new poll suggests House Democrats pursuing an impeachment inquiry will have to simultaneously buil [...]

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The Blue State Blueprint

23 August 2019

How Democrats are trying to build a national majority from the ground up [...]

Then and Now: Greenland

23 August 2019

Greenland is a massive island of 836,000 square miles. Erik Thorvaldsson, aka Erik the Red, spent th [...]

Stacey Abrams’ Tinfoil Hat Brigade

23 August 2019

Democrats wage war on the legitimacy of elections [...]

Senate filibuster may not survive 2020

23 August 2019

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and his former nemesis, ex-Majority Leader Harry [...]

The Mooch Method

23 August 2019

I thought I would have had to wait longer to get Anthony Scaramucci to give me his rules to live by. [...]

Ivanka Trump - Ivanka Trump mostly accurate that disposable income has risen by $5,205

22 August 2019

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Ivanka Trump mostly accurate that disposable income has risen [...]

Bernie Sanders - Do one in four young black men ‘end up in the criminal justice system?’

22 August 2019

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Do one in four young black men ‘end up in the criminal justice s [...]

Donald Trump - Donald Trump incorrect that U.S. dollar is strongest it's ever been

22 August 2019

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump incorrect that U.S. dollar is strongest it's ever [...]

Amy Klobuchar - Federal law’s ‘boyfriend loophole’ is not so simple

22 August 2019

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Federal law’s ‘boyfriend loophole’ is not so simple After the ma [...]

Peter Navarro - Donald Trump's tariffs on China don't hurt Americans, top Trump adviser says. That's Pants on Fire

20 August 2019

The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Donald Trump's tariffs on China don't hurt Americ [...]

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Post-Truth

‘Post-truth’ media really is shifting the news agenda – and more subtly than it seems

Facts versus feelings isn’t the way to think about communicating science

The “Post-Truth” Problem: The Causes and the Solution