The Institute for Rebooting Social Media welcomes Nieman Fellow Jesselyn Cook and Berkman Klein Center-Nieman Fellow Ben ...

Both The New York Times and CNN reported two of Trump’s incoming cabinet picks before they were officially announced ...

That's because MAGA is a fascist movement, and fascism needs to offer up a constant stream of imaginary "enemies" to their ...

while those who believe in lies and conspiracy theories voted for Trump. That’s how important the right-wing media ecosystem is. They won the messaging battle with lies and propaganda. Haitian ...

In 2024, with voters decisively returning Trump to the White House, that question has been answered. Biden’s presidency, ...

The billionaire businessman has spent weeks campaigning relentlessly for Donald Trump. That dedication could lead to major ...

he was the guy who was spreading conspiracy theories about whether former President Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, was born in the United States. And, again this fall, he promoted ...

Americans living in separate realities are heading to the polls. They face an avalanche of misinformation about everything — and the conspiratorial mindset is open to it all.

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A man from the Chicago area was sentenced in Springfield federal court in connection with his role in a nationwide fraud ...

Election experts see it as laying the groundwork to again challenge the election should he lose. The conspiracy theories that have surfaced in recent weeks are not new. There have long been claims of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...