This page hosts daily news stories related to the media and journalism industry. Check back often, as new stories may be added throughout the day. New Orleans Truck Attack Sparks Misinformation on Immigration Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the suspected driver in a New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans, was a U.S.Continue Reading
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers who are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each factContinue Reading
If you’re even a casual consumer of climate news, you probably know that some parts of the globe are warming more rapidly than others. Scientists have known for years, for instance, that the Arctic is heating up at a faster clip than the global average, and recently, the region madeContinue Reading
Supported by the Climate Misinformation Grant Program from the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, Science Feedback is launching the Climate Science Desk, an initiative aimed at helping fact-checkers and journalists connect with scientists to review the veracity of climate change-related claims. The Climate Science Desk features aContinue Reading
This page hosts daily news stories related to the media and journalism industry. Check back often, as new stories may be added throughout the day. Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program, Introduces Community Notes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company will replace its third-party fact-checking program with a community-driven system similarContinue Reading
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers who are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each factContinue Reading
Science has shown consistently that adding CO2 to the atmosphere is changing the climate in various ways, including raising the surface temperature of the oceans and atmosphere. One of the climate change mitigation technologies is carbon capture and storage (CCS), where CO2 is captured from power plants and other industrialContinue Reading
When debunkers link to fake-news stories, they do more harm than good. There’s a right way and wrong way to cite unreliable sources. Most publishers use the latter.Continue Reading
Do partisan beliefs and behaviors affect COVID-19 infection rates? Maybe, at least among members of the U.S. Congress.Continue Reading
Back in December 2021, Science Feedback conducted a quick check on the extent to which Google’s then-new policy on demonetizing climate change denial content was enforced. Our study focused on videos published on Youtube. We first found that Google’s policy was too narrow: about half of the videos that scientistsContinue Reading
There are some aspects of climate science that are clear-cut. It is, for instance, “unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land,” according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.[1] As human activities emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, those greenhouse gas concentrations have increased, causing globalContinue Reading
This page hosts daily news stories related to the media and journalism industry. Check back often, as new stories may be added throughout the day. TikTok Appeals to The Traitor to Avoid U.S. Ban TikTok appears to be courting President-elect Americas Worst Traitor, highlighting his popularity on the platform toContinue Reading
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers who are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each factContinue Reading