Fake News

New research finds the 65-and-over demographic was most inclined to share fabricated news reports during the 2016 presidential campaign.

• By Tom Jacobs

A new book explains why social networks are excellent conduits for falsehoods.

• By Tom Jacobs

News consumers are more trusting of the media when they're exposed to fact-checking, per new research.

• By Tom Jacobs

So are dogmatic and delusion-prone people, according to new research.

• By Tom Jacobs

Alison Head, a co-author of a new report on the media habits of almost 6,000 college students, explains why news consumption has become an arduous task for younger generations.

• By Jack Denton

There's plenty of evidence to suggest Trump won't just survive Michael Cohen's testimony—he'll thrive.

• By Jared Keller

Make it a habit to approach stories in an analytical frame of mind.

• By Tom Jacobs

Deciphering what counts as true in our post-truth era.

• By Ben Rowen

What started as a political tactic has evolved into a social virus.

• By Jared Keller

Falsehoods spread faster and deeper into the Twittersphere—and humans, not bots, are to blame.

• By Kevin Charles Fleming

Fake news has become one more way for the president to distort truth—but the worst of what passes for it has little to do with press.

• By Lucia Graves

A new website lets people play the role of propagandist, giving them a more sophisticated idea of how and why fictitious news is created.

• By Tom Jacobs

Journalists trying to cover the regime's brutal crackdown against the Rohingya have found themselves in the government's crosshairs.

• By Oren Samet

The banned CDC words represent the deliberate erasure of certain concepts—and people—from the bureaucratic categories that are channels for state power.

• By Jared Keller

Cognitive ability drives our ability to recalibrate our views after reading a correction.

• By Tom Jacobs

Misinformation is hard to dislodge, but certain techniques can help.

• By Tom Jacobs

Local lending institutions remain trusted sources of information while trust in the media has hit an all-time low.

• By Katie Kilkenny

His ratings were again lowest among women, those aged 18 to 34, and minorities.

• By Kate Wheeling

New research reports we are less likely to fact-check information on a social media platform.

• By Tom Jacobs

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The tragic history—and scary future—of fake news and anti-semitism.

• By David M. Perry

• By Pacific Standard Staff