I’ve done quite a bit of reporting about how Wikipedia is definitely not “the encyclopedia anyone can edit.” It’s become a vehicle for special interests to control information. Agenda editors are able to prevent or revert edits and sourcing on selected issues and people in order to control the narrative. Watch Sharyl Attkisson’s TedX talk […]
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Refuting Letter to Editor About Vaccine Claims
A response sets the record straight after a doctor’s propaganda-filled Letter to the Editor.
Measles: Facts and Misconceptions in a Near-Hysterical Media Environment
A fact check of the 2019 measles outbreak amid a near-hysterical media environment.
“Snopes” Gets an “F” for Predictable Propaganda in Vaccine-Autism debate
Snopes propaganda article by Alex Kasprak debunks claims that were never made and uses one-sided references as its sources— other propagandists— without disclosing their vaccine industry ties.
The Dark Side of Wikipedia
Right now, this very second, people are busily editing away on the website Wikipedia, at a rate of more than ten edits per second. There are over five million articles written in English on Wikipedia, with a thousand being added every day. But there’s a dark side to Wikipedia you probably don’t know about. The […]
Astroturf and manipulation of media messages
Find out why this TedX talk has over one million views. Please consider supporting Attkisson v. DOJ/FBI computer intrusion fund. https://www.gofundme.com/sharyl-attkisson-4th-am-litigation
What the News Isn’t Saying About Vaccine-Autism Studies
This story was updated Nov. 27, 2016 to add results of new survey of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children [The following news analysis and commentary was first published Dec. 31, 2015] A new study this week found no link between vaccines and autism. It instantly made headlines on TV news and popular media everywhere. Many billed […]
Top 10 Astroturfers
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 Internet to perpetuate astroturf is ever-expanding. Surreptitious astroturf methods are now more important […]
