On December 2, OpIndia, a right-wing Indian news website published a piece railing against the practice of fact checking, calling it a new name for the “same old propaganda journalism” and sarcastically calling fact checkers “unbiased angels...
Our writers' recommendations include a book about internet linguistics, a documentary about breatharianism, and a podcast about medical malpractice.
by Joe Ondrak, Kristina Gildejeva, and Edie Miller
With the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine rollout only days away, some experts in the U.K. are concerned that uptake will be low. A study by University College London found that only 49 percent of people...
Our writers' recommendations include a Flat Earth-inspired game, a gem from the annals of weird internet history, and a story about Lenin turning into a mushroom.
Our writers' recommendations this week include stories on the spread of disinformation on Nickelodeon, the Four Seasons Total Landscaping debacle and the legality of owning a sex toy in Arizona.
Article by Edie Miller and research by Joe Ondrak
A Twitter account announcing the relaunch of the UK high street chain Woolworths went viral yesterday, convincing lots of excited shoppers (and even some media outlets) before being quickly disproved...