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Vatican exposes film director’s distortion of Pope Francis’s views on same-sex unions

Voices have been demanding that Pope Francis clarify “his statement” about same-sex civil unions after global news quoted a mere four phrases from a videotaped interview which took place in 2019. The Vatican has now spoken. The interview in question quoted responses to two separate questions which were not produced for the film, Francesco. Neither […]

by James Parker Nov 6, 2020Nov 5, 2020 / 5 mins /

Seeing may not be believing: AI deepfakes and trust in media

by Karl D. Stephan Oct 15, 2018Nov 10, 2020 / 4 mins /

Think journalism’s a tough field today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age

by Carolyn Moynihan Oct 8, 2018Apr 19, 2020 / 5 mins /

Think journalism’s tough today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age

by Randall S. Sumpter Oct 8, 2018May 1, 2020 / 5 mins /

The term ‘fake news’ is doing great harm

by Joshua Habgood-Coote Aug 1, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Fake news about Pope Francis

by Andrea Tornielli May 24, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

‘Fake news’ Is a moral panic

by Sam Dumitriu Apr 18, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Government regulation of social media would be a cure far worse than the disease

by Paul Levinson Feb 21, 2018May 1, 2020 / 5 mins /

All the pro-choice advocacy that’s fit to print

by James Bradshaw Feb 15, 2018May 1, 2020 / 5 mins /

A century ago, progressives were the ones shouting ‘fake news’

by Matthew Jordan Feb 2, 2018May 1, 2020 / 8 mins /

Facebook vs. Fake News: Round Two

by Jeffrey Pawlick Jan 9, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Navigating the ‘post-truth’ world

by Margaret Somerville Dec 13, 2017May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Reports of his demise have been greatly exaggerated

by Michael Cook Oct 26, 2017Apr 19, 2020 / < 1 min /

You’ve heard of ‘fake news’. How about ‘fake science’?

by Denyse O'Leary Sep 6, 2017May 1, 2020 / 3 mins /