Democrats and Republicans interact with news in similar ways, while independents are less newsy At a time when there seems a growing ideological divide in [...]
The number of fact-checking stories produced by journalists has increased dramatically in recent years, but could those stories be better at countering misinformation? Scholars and [...]
“S-Town,” the latest podcast from “Serial” and “This American Life,” is the entrancing story of the brilliant-but-tortured John B McLemore and his complicated life in [...]
Summary As Election Day approaches, more people seek news and information about politics. To understand the habits of news audiences in the run-up to [...]
Overview These should be heady days for fact-checkers. In an industry that has not otherwise been enjoying robust growth, the number of media outlets focused [...]
Politicians have lied throughout history, but today’s political climate presents particular challenges to fact-checkers — and that was the concern of journalists and others gathered [...]
Although much of the summit discussion centered on challenges facing fact-checkers during the 2016 election and aftermath, people remained optimistic that the enterprise as a [...]
Way back in the spring of 2015 — long before false accusations of massive voter fraud and pizza-shop sex rings and before the Facebook fake-news beatdown [...]
When covering an election, journalists choose a mix of two basic types of reporting — “voter guide” pieces that examine the issue positions and values [...]
The 2016 presidential election has been marked by several head-spinning “firsts” — people and practices not seen in the history of U.S. politics. One of [...]
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