- The One Essential Skill You Need In The AI Era
Media Insider, Kaila Colbin - Friday, March 10, 2023
That skill, essential to a functioning democracy, is fact-checking. We also ne ...
- Dominion Lawsuit Is Not About The 'Law' Or 'Journalism,' Lachlan Murdoch Says
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 10, 2023
"It is really about politics, right? And that is unfortunately more reflecti ...
- Fox News First Access To Jan. 6 Video - The Better Story Is At Fox, Behind The Scenes
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 6, 2023
There was behind-the-scenes drama at the Fox News Channel in the da ...
- Murdoch Outs Fox News Hosts Over Election Lies: Fox TV Advertisers On The Outs?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 28, 2023
In a deposition in the defamation case brought on Fox News Chann ...
- Misinformation Spreads From Weak Platform Policies, Not Users, USC-Led Study Suggests
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 19, 2023
The study indicates that the structure of social platforms such as Facebo ...
- Where Truth Goes To Die
Media Insider, Kaila Colbin - Friday, January 13, 2023
Deepfakes did not overwhelm the Web last year, or during the fo ...
- Vaccine Critics Sue News Organizations Over Efforts To Combat Misinformation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other vaccine critics are suing The Associat ...
- Tucker Carlson Named 'Misinformer Of The Year,' Promoted A Cast Of Others In Prime Time
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Monday, December 19, 2022
"Carlson leveraged his platform to amplify the reach of these 10 individua ...
- All The Newsy Fit For Advertising: NewsGuard Releases TV News Risk Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, December 1, 2022
E.W. Scripps' Newsy and "CBS Evening News" have the lowest risk, whi ...
- Republican Voters Are More Likely Than Democrats To Worry About Media Bias
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Monday, November 7, 2022
More than half of voters said they're extremely concerned about biased medi ...
- The Lie Detector: Researchers Say They Can Prevent Belief In Fake News
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 29, 2022
The authors use a technique called "prebunking"--setting people up so they don ...
- QAnon Conspiracy Promoters Find New Home On 'Truth Social'
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Monday, August 29, 2022
"QAnon adherents have flocked to Truth Social, former President Donald Trump's soci ...
- It's The 100% Real Thing
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Thursday, August 4, 2022
It was the exact moment when Alex Jones' heart would have brok ...
- Report: Poynter Sets Up Legal Defense Fund For Fact-Checkers
Publishers Daily, Tony Silber - Friday, June 24, 2022
The legal support fund for organizations facing threats of harassment, intimidation ...
- Ratings Agency: Social Platforms Act As 'Useful Idiots' For Propagandists
Publishing Insider, Tony Silber - Friday, June 17, 2022
NewsGuard, which rates websites for trustworthiness, faulted the European Commission for n ...
- Putting A Label On It
Media Insider, Gord Hotchkiss - Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Will slapping a warning label on toxic news sources have any effec ...
- Fox News Skipped Ads, Spent Jan. 6 Hearing Rebutting Reality
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, June 10, 2022
The network's no-ads decision may have spared its regular advertisers from t ...
- Hannity's 'Playbook'
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Friday, June 10, 2022
"Love that. That's the playbook," Trump Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany replied aft ...
- Google Bans Training For Deepfakes In Colab, Distancing Project From Porn
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Colab made it easier to create deepfakes, with forums to discuss a ...
- DoubleVerify: Fraud Schemes Spiked 70% In 2021
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 31, 2022
DoubleVerify's report shows articles that perpetuate disinformation generated six times more like ...
- 'Tucker Carlson' Has Some Targeted TV Advertising For Us - We're Ready For The Facts
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Casual TV viewing mixed with some eye-opening marketing might have been absorb ...
- News Credibility Ratings Service NewsGuard Partners With Canadian Media-Buying Agencies
Publishing Insider, Tony Silber - Thursday, April 28, 2022
Marketers represented by CMDC members can leverage NewsGuard's credibility ratings for ne ...
- Meta Pays GOP Consultancy To Undermine TikTok In Public Arena
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, March 31, 2022
TikTok is "deeply concerned" about "the stoking of local media reports ...
- As Russia's Internet Goes Dark, Publishers, Media Find Workarounds To Reach Citizens
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 18, 2022
Russia is experiencing a new form of digital isolation as its citize ...
- Basis Technologies Partners With NOBL Media To Stop Ads From Running On Russian Propaganda Sites
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 18, 2022
The partnership will help target ad spend toward credible, trusted publishers, a ...
- Here's A Partnership Aiming To Separate Trusted Publishers From Online Junk
Publishing Insider, Tony Silber - Friday, March 18, 2022
Trust.txt will help help validate media companies based on their membership ...
- Google Brazil Opposes 'Fake' News Bill That Could Help To 'Bypass Our Systems'
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Google Brazil President Fabio Coelho writes that the bill, which began ...
- Who Is Watching Russian State-Run TV Networks Now?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has instituted strict guidelines as ...
- Meta Running Pro-Russia Ads Bought By China
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, March 10, 2022
Meta's current policies do not preclude countries that sympathize with Russia fr ...
- Tech-Site Publisher Calls For Administration To Stop Platforms From Monetizing Russian State Disinformation
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, February 25, 2022
The Biden administration should "issue clear sanctions preventing American digital media fir ...