Between 1925 when Adolph Hitler was first rising in politics and 1933, when he was appointed chancellor of Germany, the nation had a population of between 62-65 million people. The US has a population 5 times greater than the Third… Read More ›
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OTHER VOICES: Why Do People Fall for Fake News?
Editors’ note: This article is reposted from The New York Times, January 19, 2019. By psychologists Gordon Pennycook and David Rand What makes people susceptible to fake news and other forms of strategic misinformation? And what, if anything, can be done about it? These questions… Read More ›
OTHER VOICES: Chris Cillizza, CNN Politics
When I can, I tell the truth. That’s the President of the United States trying to explain his very casual relationship to truth to ABC News’ White House reporter Jon Karl. It’s a statement that, like many things Trump… Read More ›