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Topic: Misinformation

Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The problem of RFK's phony autism pledge

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Rep. James Comer (R-KY) (L), Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, talks to Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) sit in front during a meeting of the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on January 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

GOP's sole purpose in Congress: disinfo

Amanda Marcotte
At the Meta Connect developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg, head of the Facebook group Meta, shows the prototype of computer glasses that can display digital objects in transparent lenses. (Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Zuckerberg’s gaslighting isn't working

Austin Sarat
Fire personnel respond to homes destroyed while a helicopter drops water as the Palisades Fire grows in Pacific Palisades, California on January 7, 2025. (DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump spreading wildfire misinformation

Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA grandpa is about to get much worse

Amanda Marcotte
Mike Johnson, Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump makes MAGA parrot his NOLA lies

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump | QAnon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump won because QAnon went mainstream

Amanda Marcotte
Logo of social media platform Bluesky displayed on a mobile telephone (IAN LANGSDON/AFP via Getty Images)

Bluesky is giving OG Twitter vibes

Nardos Haile
Tucker Carlson speaks at his Live Tour at the Desert Diamond Arena on October 31, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Carlson blames abortion for hurricanes

Matthew Rozsa
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on July 31, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Trump echoes FEMA lies in North Carolina

Griffin Eckstein
A drone image shows the dome of Tropicana Field which has been torn open due to Hurricane Milton in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 10, 2024. (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia spread hurricane misinformation

Matthew Rozsa
A hand holding a smartphone emanating flames. (rob dobi / Getty Images)

Are we misinformed about misinformation?

Sara Talpos - Undark
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 12, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris teleprompter conspiracy debunked

Griffin Eckstein
A drone image shows the dome of Tropicana Field which has been torn open due to Hurricane Milton in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 10, 2024. (MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden takes on Milton misinformation

Matthew Rozsa
Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) visits "The Story with Martha MacCallum" at Fox News Channel Studios on September 11, 2024 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Vance's clean up job causes a big mess

Amanda Marcotte
Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (Troy Conrad/Netflix)

Platforming misinfo & panic for laughs

Melanie McFarland
A family physician and her resident look over an ultrasound the day before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at the Center for Reproductive Health clinic on June 23, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Abortion misinformation is "reckless"

Nicole Karlis
Moscow Tools (Comedy Central)

"Is autocracy actually compelling?"

Melanie McFarland
Alex Jones outside court in "The Truth vs. Alex Jones" (HBO)

Our loss and "The Truth Vs. Alex Jones"

Melanie McFarland
Scientist viewing an electron micrograph of virus particles on a screen (TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images)

Are we prepared for "Disease X?"

Nicole Karlis
Donald Trump | Fake News (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

AI to fuel the growth of disinformation

Areeba Shah
Dog getting vaccine from vet (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

Anti-vaxxers are now after your dog

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Person reading online news on a smartphone and laptop (Getty Images/oatawa)

Defending against online disinformation

Gary N. Smith
Red Evil Artificial Intelligence, concept (Getty Images/tampatra)

AI can make politics more deceptive

David E. Clementson
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