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Roundup 11/19
Musk goes nuclear; data on Palestinian support for 10/7 attacks; a new cure for inflammation; Bay Bridge blockade; and Portland kids are out of school…
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Conflating Credentials With Moral Authority
News outlets' response to the debacle over their use of photos from freelancers with potential ties to Hamas highlights a pervasive problem.
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US Govt-affiliated group attempted to censor my *correct* tweet about the Covid vaccine.
A new report from Public reveals censorship attempt against reporting that was true but went against the establishment narrative.
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October 2023
Did the Entire Media Industry Misquote a Hamas Spokesperson?
I asked a dozen reporters and news outlets for the source of a statement they attributed to Hamas. None of them answered. This is a case study of the…
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David Zweig
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NYT Uses Photo of Wrong Location for Hospital Story
The fog of war leads to some very shoddy reporting, as media outlets favor speed over accuracy.
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David Zweig
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Open Discourse is the Central Pillar of a Free Society
Posted today, The Westminster Declaration is a clarion call against the increasing censorship of everyday citizens around the world, including, most…
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David Zweig
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After Complaints, Pharmacy Conference Cancels Scheduled Keynote by Doctor.
Accusations were made–many without evidence–against Dr. Vinay Prasad, as part of a campaign against him speaking at a conference. It took less than a…
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The Selective Word Choice of the Legacy Media.
As the Twitter Files and the Missouri v. Biden free speech case showed, “fact-checkers” working for social media companies labeled content that was true…
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David Zweig
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Sunday Roundup 10/1/23
Landmark damaged by activists; surprising statistic about the median age of Covid deaths; school shooting drills endanger children; NYT misses the…
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David Zweig
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September 2023
New Pfizer Study the Media is Not Covering: 3-Doses of Covid Vax for Kids Under 5 Had No Significant Benefit
Unfavorable results from a new Pfizer study have been ignored by the media, and cleverly spun as a positive by study authors.
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David Zweig
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The NYT Publishes Falsehood by Former Biden Covid Coordinator About UK Vaccine Policy
A blatantly untrue statement by a former White House official disparages a foreign government, and adds to an article's misleading context about US…
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