Fake News
Total 40 Posts
COVID-19 misinformation: Scientists create a ‘psychological vaccine’ to protect against fake news.
5 min read
A ‘psychological vaccine’ has the potential to counter belief in COVID-19 conspiracies. If enough people could gained a sufficient level of psychological immunity to misinformation, fake news wouldn’t have a chance to spread as far and as wide as it does currently.
Health warning about Vitamin Davis.
5 min read
This is a health warning about Vitamin Davis, and COVID-19, and pre-prints, and vitamin D.
Step 1 was, a new President. Step 2 is, restore news media trust.
8 min read
The mainstream US news media must play a meaningful role in preventing the next attempt to overthrow American democracy.
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.