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Nov 27, 2020
2 min

Coping with Fact

Maybe only this COVID pandemic will finally bring our society back to a common good, where reality is driven by the facts on the street,...

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Mark Thompson

Nov 20, 2020
1 min

Before You “Get” It: Pre-Bunking

We have all been hearing about the push by social media companies to debunk the conspiracy stories on their sites. At least talk about...

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Mark Thompson

Nov 20, 2020
1 min

Pins & Needles: Vaccine Misinformation

OK, so now we got past the misinformation about the election (almost). Now we are fighting fake news about COVID and the new vaccines. A...

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Fighting Misinformation with Content Moderation

Mark Thompson

Nov 19, 2020
1 min

Fighting Misinformation with Content Moderation

I like the Washington Posts moniker, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” It has been reporting on misinformation for some time. An early...

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Mark Thompson

Nov 19, 2020
1 min

I can't find that page - yes, you can!

If someone quotes a page that you can no longer find, you have a solution. It is the Internet Archive. If you do not know the Internet...

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Mark Thompson

Nov 18, 2020
2 min

Election not threatened

Are we good at assessing risks? Not really. Since your minds are geared to risk aversion, we often fear events more than the chance of...

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Mark Thompson

Nov 8, 2020
1 min

Watchdogs to the Rescue

Despite a lot of conversation around our fears this year, local polling went smoothly. Even with COVID and the record setting numbers,...

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Mark Thompson

Nov 4, 2020
1 min

Election Fatigue

The mind is not set up for continual wrestling. Research shows how we need sustenance, along with good health to deal with stress. You...

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Mark Thompson

Oct 23, 2020
1 min

Time to Catch the Crook

Great news about scholarly research efforts now underway. Dr. Joan Donovan who runs the Technology and Social Change Project at Harvard...

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Mark Thompson

Oct 15, 2020
1 min

Seniors Did It!

You would think that the heavy voter segment of senior citizens would be the wisest of voters. That may not be true. Reliance on Facebook...

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Mark Thompson

Oct 5, 2020
1 min

Voting fraud is a fraud

Ben Ginsburg is fighting election fraud or at least trying to find it. As a GOP lawyer assigned to the Presidential Commission on...

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Mark Thompson

Sep 30, 2020
1 min

Have we given up on debates?

WWE's revenues are now a $billion per year built on fake wrestling. It started back in 1953. The presidential debates came on TV in...

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Gen Z may be cautious, but still uninformed

Mark Thompson

Sep 26, 2020
1 min

Gen Z may be cautious, but still uninformed

From Axios article, September 15, 2020 about Gen Z cohort (born 1997-2012). The survey they had conducted tallied a vast majority of Gen...

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Mark Thompson

Sep 24, 2020
1 min

Going wrong with COVID

It is crazy that we need an entire website with constant updates and alerts just to refute misinformation about a pandemic. To take...

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Mark Thompson

Sep 13, 2020
1 min

Social Media Remains King

For many of us, we seem to be overtaken by the Social Media land. It is a whole different world, if you move among only the crowds and...

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Mark Thompson

Sep 11, 2020
1 min

Russian fake posts

It is long past due for Facebook to react to the plethora of fake news posts on its pages. So, for 2020 election cycle it has begun. ...

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Mark Thompson

Sep 9, 2020
1 min

Catching Lies on Tape

Recordings that is. The new book, called "Rage" by the famous Watergate reporter, Bob Woodward speaks volumes. As a Washington Post...

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Mark Thompson

Sep 2, 2020
1 min

Twitter Strikes

Twitter’s Trending Topics feature was been reorganized so it leads to less infusion of fake news stories. The feature now includes...

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Mark Thompson

Aug 30, 2020
1 min

CNN's Facts First

Another major news outlet has unleashed its own Fact Check site. CNN Political now offers its online Facts First. If you go to its search...

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Mark Thompson

Aug 29, 2020
1 min

More Google Fact Check Features

How can you use Google to fact check your search results? · The easiest way to use this Google feature is to use this phrase: “fact check...

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