When the hashtag #EndFathersDay began trending on Twitter, she realized it was more than just an absurd joke. It was a coordinated disinformation effort.
Category: Rumors and Misinformation
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A Biden Accuser Was Discredited. Right-Wing Media Is Undeterred.
Revelations that Alexander Smirnov, an F.B.I. informant, was a serial fabulist were downplayed on air and online by those who continued to insist the president should be impeached.
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Trader Joe’s Is Coming to Springfield. Just Not That Springfield.
Residents in Springfield, Mo., had asked for a Trader Joe’s for years. Just as they thought they were finally getting one, their hopes were dashed.
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Trump, Putin, Carlson and the Shifting Sands of Today’s American Politics
An interview with Russia’s leader and congressional resistance to aid for Ukraine underscore the transformation of the parties and electorate in the United States more than three decades after the Cold War.
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‘The Connector,’ a Show That Asks: Should News Feel True or Be True?
A new musical from Jason Robert Brown, Daisy Prince and Jonathan Marc Sherman explores the diverging trajectories of two young writers in the late 1990s.
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From Opposite Sides of War, a Hunt for Elusive Facts
The Israel-Hamas conflict has produced a prodigious amount of disinformation, putting people who fact-check claims — especially those who live in the region — back on their heels.
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New Hampshire Officials to Investigate A.I. Robocalls Mimicking Biden
The calls, in a voice most likely artificially generated, urged people not to vote in Tuesday’s primary.