Donald Trump, Fact checking and Davos
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On the one-year anniversary of the start of his second term, President Donald Trump spent 104 minutes in the White House press room listing his accomplishments.
Four global experts on fact-checking and disinformation spoke with students at an informal lunch Thursday held by the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs in Scott Hall. The lunch was a prelude to the Buffett Institute’s Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World winter symposium this week.
Each week, federal immigration leaders highlight the "worst of the worst" when it comes to arrests for Operation Metro Surge. State officials say a number of these arrests aren't the result of the operation.
The president has repeatedly tied Venezuela to drug overdose deaths, claimed the Maduro regime sent an influx of criminal migrants and accused the country of stealing American oil.
Zuckerberg was seen wearing a Greubel Forsey Hand Made 1 on his left wrist while making the announcement.
When you spot false or misleading information online, or in a family group chat, how do you respond? For many people, their first impulse is to fact-check—reply with statistics, make a debunking post on social media or point people toward trustworthy sources.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Fact-checking journalism around the world is at a crossroads. Democracies are weakening. Social media platforms are withdrawing their financial support for fact-checking. And the public is disengaging from the news. Against this ...
COMMENTARY: Why bother fact-checking when the facts, if ascertained, might get in the way of a good trigger-warning or a slap at a leading American churchman?