“Read With Extreme Caution”: A Journalist’s Guide to Israel-Palestine Media Literacy
Mother Jones; Getty; Photo courtesy of Dina Ibrahim Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Open one social media platform and you’re hit with a fake video; open another and you’re hit with bigotry. Open a news article, and you’ll find some victims “killed” but others…
Israel-Palestine Disinformation Is Everywhere. Here’s How You Beat It.
Mother Jones; Getty; photo courtesy of Megan Squire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Open one social media platform and you’re hit with a fake video; open another and you’re hit with bigotry. Open a news article, and you’ll find some victims “killed” but others…
US and Israeli Polticians Amplify Bogus Claims of Media Complicity in Hamas Attack
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on July 12, 2023.Rod Lamkey/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Among the thousands of people who should have spent more time thinking before posting about Israel and Hamas, Sen. Tom Cotton may have just taken the prize. The Arkansas Republican…
George Santos Suggested the Chinese Communist Party Kidnapped His Niece. Huh?
George Santos on October 18.Allison Bailey/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Earlier this year George Santos, the fabulist congressman facing federal fraud charges, took up the cause of exiled Chinese mogul Guo Wengui, a fellow fabulist who is also facing federal fraud charges. Guo,…
Utilities Have Been Lying to us About Gas Stoves Since the 1970s
Michael Bocchieri/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One-third of American kitchens have gas stoves—and evidence is piling up that they’re polluting homes with toxic chemicals. A study this summer found that using a single gas stove burner on high can raise levels of cancer-causing benzene above…
Steve Bannon and Alex Jones Have a Bizarre Conspiracy Theory About the Israel-Hamas War
zz/STRF/STAR MAX/IPx via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.There’s nothing like war to bring out the crazy in the crazy far-right. As the Israeli military pummeled Gaza and created a humanitarian crisis in response to Hamas’ massacre of Israeli civilians, Steve Bannon and…