It’s easy to find fact checks about Trump. And he’s given us plenty to write about. This article measures some of the media’s fact-challenged reporting.
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Once again, there are major misrepresentations in the media in their attacks on Trump’s pick for HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Attorney Aaron Siri sets the record straight on the New York Times’ false implications about polio vaccines that
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 An FDA official regulated medical devices while his wife’s powerful law firm represented device manufacturers. It’s a conflict of interest that should be investigated, according to the watchdog group Public Citizen. The following information is from Public Citizen. A disturbing article in
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About two-thirds (65%) of those polled say alcoholic beverages do not need to carry cancer warning labels. That’s according to our latest unscientific poll at SharylAttkisson.com. A little over one-third (35%) of respondents say they think cancer warnings on alcohol
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The following is an excerpt from The New York Times. Fifteen words are roiling the global alcohol industry. Beginning in 2026, containers of beer, wine and liquor sold in Ireland will be required by law to bear a label in
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This article first posted in February of 2014 What’s most successful when it appears to be something it’s not? Astroturf. As in fake grassroots. The many ways that corporations, special interests and political interests of all stripes exploit media and
The following is from Paul D. Thacker’s The DisInformation Chronicle. The Cochrane Library has remained a trusted source for clinicians and policy makers making critical healthcare decisions for 30 years. But now, faced with an ongoing crisis caused by multiple
The following is an excerpt from Just The News. The Biden White House inquired in meetings with Facebook executives asking whether Facebook could tweak its algorithm to showcase stories from The New York Times and Wall Street Journal over content
