Some of you have heard my story of being one of the first former Trump supporters to denounce Trump after a life-changing
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It’s a muggy but otherwise pleasant late summer evening. I’m having a socially distanced happy hour with my good friend and next-door neighbor, Barb. We are sitting in our suburban cul-de-sac enjoying a glass of wine. After awhile she says
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How Google helps spread right wing disinformation Billionaires get a tax deduction for funding sites spreading disinfo! Google promotes the sites in search rankings getting them more exposure. What gives? Follow the money. “Right-wing operatives
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Joel Kaplan: Zuck’s fixer and GOP operative Facebook spreads Republican disinformation and promotes right-wing conspiracy theories. Meet Joel Kaplan, Republican operative and Zuckerberg fixer. “Kaplan is Facebook’s vice president of global public policy. He
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I spent the bulk of my career in the days prior to the internet working as a gatekeeper. I managed the flow of information. As an editor, aka “gatekeeper,” I took great
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A recent article in Fast Company, “Why People Believe False Information and How to Combat It, According to Experts,” had the simplest explanation for the behavior of QAnon and MAGA followers: they
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I am seeing a lot of comments on my Twitter feed lately regarding the media treating Democrats and Republicans as if they are still “equal” political parties that function with a shared
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During our morning walk, I mentioned to my wife that New York state is mandating that health care workers get vaccinated. Unless they have a valid medical or religious exemption, refusing to
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FOX News advertisers fund Tucker Carlson spreading racism and COVID disinfo Who are FOX’s biggest advertisers supporting Tucker Carlson spreading racism? Which FOX directors are connected with Stanford, Georgetown and The Nature
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We learned definitively last week that former President Donald J. Trump and his allies did indeed want to destroy our democratic republic and install autocracy. CNN obtained a memo written by John
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From one end of this Arizona county to the other, Maricopa school board districts are the latest target for right-wing, Trump and QAnon followers. They bring in outside agitators, create chaos in
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COVID conspiracy playbook revealed Conspiracies like COVID are contagious and can be fatal. Learn to spot conspiracy symptoms and how they’re spread. Conspiracies manipulate people based on their desire to not to
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