Fake news headlines fool American adults about 75% of the time, according to a large-scale new survey conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for BuzzFeed News. The survey also found that people who cite Facebook as a major source of news are more likely to view fake news headlines as accurate […] Read more »
In News, What’s Fake and What’s Real Can Depend on What You Want to Believe
… Fake news, and the proliferation of raw opinion that passes for news, is creating confusion, punching holes in what is true, causing a kind of fun-house effect that leaves the reader doubting everything, including real news. That has pushed up the political temperature and increased polarization. No longer burdened […] Read more »
5 Myths of the 2016 Presidential Campaign
… Many times over the last 10 years I have spoken about myths in politics and how buying into them can misinform us and lead us astray. … This presidential campaign is like others where myths have already arisen and been repeated by the media, pundits, and operatives of both […] Read more »
Some thoughts about the reports of supposed evidence of election irregularities in MI, PA, and WI
The Internet lit up on Monday over the news, reported in New York Magazine, that a team of computer scientists and lawyers had reported to the Clinton campaign that “they’ve found persuasive evidence that results in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania may have been manipulated or hacked.” … Many of my […] Read more »
The real election hack fear
If you are expecting to feel relief from a long and tortuous election season on the morning of November 9, don’t. Expect instead to hear about a possible cyberattack on American democracy. We might be watching a slow trickle of election results poisoned by suggestions that they may not be […] Read more »
Are voters likely to accept the presidential election results?
The Trump campaign has raised the possibility that the 2016 election may be rigged, and concerns about voter fraud resonate with some registered voters. Twenty-three percent of voters think widespread voter fraud happens a lot, and another 32 percent think it happens sometimes. Trump voters are far more likely to […] Read more »