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Pallavi Sethi
Pallavi is a senior fact checker based in London. Before joining Logically, she pursued a Master's in Media in Development from SOAS University of London. Pallavi is enthusiastic about the growing role of new media in political communications and surveillance, as well as the transnational use of digital media by dissenters. In her free time, Pallavi likes to go hiking with her dog.
Latest Editorials by Pallavi Sethi
Double Check: Are U.S.-Funded Biolabs Building Weapons of Mass Destruction?
On March 6, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Pentagon of financing a "military-biological program" in Ukraine, falsely claiming the U.S. is funding biological research facilities or "biolabs." The U.S. and Ukraine vehemently...
Arguing from Orwell: Everyone's Favorite Rhetorical Fallacy
In 1949, George Orwell wrote to his agent Leonard Moore about Sidney Sheldon's potential theatrical adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four. He voiced his fear of the book's meaning becoming "seriously deformed" by the Broadway rewrite, telling Moore, "I...
Double Check: Did a Record Number of Migrants Cross The Channel?
Last week, U.K. news outlets reported that a “record” number of migrants crossed the English channel. “The number of people crossing the Channel by small boats in a single day reached a record number for this century on Wednesday,” reported the ...
Double Check: Is Big Bird a Communist?
This week's Twitter dust-up surrounded Big Bird, the world-famous fictional character from the long-running children's TV show Sesame Street.
Double Check: Did the COVID-19 Vaccine Fail Colin Powell?
If you’ve seen headlines, you know that Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. Secretary of State, who was fully vaccinated, has died of COVID-19 complications. But what you may not have read just below the fold is that Powell was at greater risk from...
The CDC's New Mask Advice Has Impacted Trust
As the United States' leading health protection agency, the CDC's main role — at least during this pandemic— is to mitigate the risks of COVID-19. However, its latest guidance, which allows fully vaccinated people to remove their masks in most...