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No, We’re Not Living in a Post-Fact World

Since President Donald Trump’s election, if not before, a conventional wisdom has emerged that...

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Artificial Intelligence Recognizes Pike News

This article was translated from Hebrew

The social network is struggling hard with...

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No #Bernieblackout here: Sanders rides a surge of alternative media

Sanders supporters loudly protest what they see as the major media’s failure to cover their favored...

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NATO-Linked Researchers Bought Fake Social Media Engagements To Test How Facebook, Twitter, And Google Combat Manipulation. The Companies Failed.

A year ahead of the US presidential election, the world’s biggest social media companies are still...

Politifact

The State of PolitiFact in 2019: A report to our readers

PolitiFact started as a politics news website in 2007, but these days, it feels more like a mission....

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ANTI-VAXXER PARENTS DON'T WANT THEIR KIDS TO BE BITTEN BY VAMPIRES, RUSSIAN AD CAMPAIGN SUGGESTS

A new Russian ad campaign mockingly suggested that parents opposed to vaccinations are afraid to give...

Politifact

Here’s how to fact-check your family at the Thanksgiving dinner table

Thanksgiving is a time for turkey, football, pie — and political arguments with your relatives....

Politifact

Disinformation targets Republicans who criticize Trump or support the impeachment inquiry

Mitt Romney and the few other Republican lawmakers who have spoken out against Trump lately have become...

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Facebook Says Anonymous Pages Posting Coordinated Pro-Trump Content Do Not Break Its Rules

As public impeachment hearings kicked off in Washington last week, a meme featuring Rep. Adam Schiff...

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The Health 202: Elizabeth Warren is no longer a Medicare-for-all purist

Like the other Democratic contenders, Warren has somewhat softened her position on the sweeping — and...