• The Coast Guard planned to change how it described swastikas and nooses. Then came the outcry and an updated policy

    The Coast Guard planned to change how it described swastikas and nooses. Then came the outcry and an updated policy

    Nov 21, 2025 02:59 PM EDT

    ... any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups.” “This is not an updated policy but a new policy to combat any misinformation and double down that the U.S. Coast Guard forbids these symbols,” an accompanying Coast Guard press release said. The late-night change came ...

  • How Trump's support for white South Africans led to a U.S. boycott of the G20 summit

    How Trump's support for white South Africans led to a U.S. boycott of the G20 summit

    Nov 10, 2025 07:40 PM EDT

    ... post that his claims were "not substantiated by fact." It has said that Trump's criticism of South Africa over Afrikaners is a result of misinformation because it misses the context that Black farmers and farmworkers are also killed in rural attacks, which make up a tiny percentage of the ...

  • After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, young conservatives work to carry on his message

    After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, young conservatives work to carry on his message

    Nov 06, 2025 11:25 PM EDT

    There was a student senator there who voted against that chapter opening on campus, and the student said Turning Point USA has a national track record of harassment, misinformation and intimidation. Do you? Andrew Kolvet: No. I mean, if you are somebody that consumes a lot of content from a ...

  • Phony AI videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media

    Phony AI videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media

    Oct 29, 2025 06:40 PM EDT

    “Now, with the rise of easily accessible and powerful tools like Sora, it has become even easier for bad actors to create and distribute highly convincing synthetic videos,” said Sofia Rubinson, a senior editor at NewsGuard, which analyzes online misinformation. “In the past, people could often identify fakes through ...

  • Lawsuit by Trump ally Paxton asserts unproven claim of autism risk from acetaminophen

    Lawsuit by Trump ally Paxton asserts unproven claim of autism risk from acetaminophen

    Oct 28, 2025 07:41 PM EDT

    ... pregnancies if left untreated. The Summit, New Jersey-based company said it would defend itself against the claims and expressed concern about the “perpetuation of misinformation” about acetaminophen's safety and the potential impact on the health of women and children. WATCH: Autism advocate calls Trump’s statements on the ...

  • Man struck dead by vehicle on Virginia highway after trying to flee immigration agents

    Man struck dead by vehicle on Virginia highway after trying to flee immigration agents

    Oct 27, 2025 05:05 PM EDT

    ... him,” Castro said. DHS blamed Castro Rivera’s death on “a direct result of every politician, activist and reporter who continue to spread propaganda and misinformation about ICE’s mission and ways to avoid detention.” WATCH: Mother speaks out after teen with disabilities mistakenly arrested in immigration raid Similar deaths ...

  • The rise of viral debate videos and their impact on our ability to disagree

    The rise of viral debate videos and their impact on our ability to disagree

    Oct 22, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... Jubilee published an episode of surrounded featuring Mikhail Varshavski, a family medicine physician known as Dr. Mike on social media, where he often debunks medical misinformation. He debated 20 vaccine skeptics. Dr. Mikhail Varshavski: Nothing in life is 100 percent safe. Driving or walking here today is not 100 percent ...

  • Anti-science bills hit statehouses, attacking longstanding public health protections

    Anti-science bills hit statehouses, attacking longstanding public health protections

    Oct 21, 2025 06:19 PM EDT

    ... anti-science bills People are often drawn into anti-science ideas in a roundabout way, Reiss said. They might come to the MAHA movement with legitimate concerns about nutrition, for example, then be exposed to others who believe forces are conspiring to keep people sick. “Misinformation is infectious,” she said.

  • 10 major moments from 50 years of PBS News

    10 major moments from 50 years of PBS News

    Oct 20, 2025 09:00 PM EDT

    Robert MacNeil steps down (1995) 3. Coping with AIDS (Sept. 4, 1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UimKhuyTO8 Reported cases of AIDS hit new highs in 1985, a time when, as Judy Woodruff said, there was “no cure, treatment or preventative vaccine in sight.” Misinformation, fear and discrimination abounded ...

  • Federal workers describe how the shutdown is upending their jobs and daily lives

    Federal workers describe how the shutdown is upending their jobs and daily lives

    Oct 15, 2025 10:35 PM EDT

    ... Disease Control, in Education, the Special Education and Civil Rights Divisions, big layoffs there. At Homeland Security, a cybersecurity subagency that deals with information and misinformation on the Internet. And, at the Energy Department, I just confirmed today, green energy programs are where the mass layoffs happened there.Again, the ...