Fake News
Total 37 Posts
The BBC is allowing intellectual laziness.
3 min read
Why the BBC should encourage critical thinking rather than promote its so-called impartiality.
‘I won the election’ – How powerful people use lousy lies to twist reality.
5 min read
Lying can be more than just telling a few fibs. It can also be used to communicate social status and make a person appear loyal to a particular group.
Fact-checking Covid-19 disinformation.
4 min read
Fact-checking a strange digital deception that went on at the weekend about UK hospitals trying to create the idea that Covid-19 is not serious or stressing the NHS.
The ‘crazy uncle’ in the Oval Office: How Donald Trump’s social media use changed US politics.
6 min read
Will Facebook and Twitter be able to counter the tsunami of misinformation that could affect the election result? It is unlikely.
Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and the dangers of excessive positivity.
6 min read
‘Prozac leaders’ believe their own rhetoric that “everything is going well”. But this wishful thinking can quickly contaminate organisations, and has been disastrous during the pandemic.
Widespread health misinformation on Facebook.
3 min read
Facebook poses a major threat to public health, according to new report.
Coronavirus anti-vaxxers: One in six British people would refuse a vaccine.
4 min read
Research on conspiracy theories can help people become receptive to health. Work needs to happen now to counter related anti-vaccine narratives.