• Jose Antonio Vargas updates 'Dear America' to describe the process to become documented

    Jose Antonio Vargas updates 'Dear America' to describe the process to become documented

    Jul 17, 2025 10:25 PM EDT

    ... actually say, wait a second, that's not accurate. That's -- some people do it. But for the most part, we just -- the lies, the misinformation, the disinformation become such oxygen. It just becomes part of the air. Ali Rogin: Jose Antonio Vargas, thank you so much for joining us ...

  • 20 Palestinians killed in chaos at Gaza aid distribution site, Israeli-backed aid group says

    20 Palestinians killed in chaos at Gaza aid distribution site, Israeli-backed aid group says

    Jul 16, 2025 02:20 PM EDT

    ... strikes killed 41 others, including 11 children, according to hospital officials. The Gaza Humanitarian Fund accused the Hamas militant group of fomenting panic and spreading misinformation that led to the violence, though it provided no evidence to support the claim. It said 19 people were trampled in a stampede and ...

  • 14 million children did not receive vaccines in 2024, UN reports

    14 million children did not receive vaccines in 2024, UN reports

    Jul 15, 2025 05:55 PM EDT

    ... real-world use. Vaccines prevent 3.5 million to 5 million deaths a year, according to U.N. estimates. “Drastic cuts in aid, coupled with misinformation about the safety of vaccines, threaten to unwind decades of progress,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. U.N. experts said that access ...

  • Why does the AI-powered chatbot Grok post false, offensive things on X?

    Why does the AI-powered chatbot Grok post false, offensive things on X?

    Jul 11, 2025 08:04 PM EDT

    ... its "thought process" when asked about misinformers. Grok said it had been explicitly instructed to "ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation" when asked, "Who is the biggest misinformation spreader?" news outlets reported.Igor Babuschkin, an xAI engineer, responded by blaming an "ex-OpenAI employee that ...

  • WATCH: Trump adviser Kari Lake testifies in hearing on U.S. agency that runs Voice of America

    WATCH: Trump adviser Kari Lake testifies in hearing on U.S. agency that runs Voice of America

    Jun 25, 2025 11:02 AM EDT

    ... of news. Separate from the hearing, VOA director Mike Abramowitz, who is out on administrative leave, said he's aware of no rogue journalists spreading misinformation. Reporters who make mistakes are corrected, he said, and those who violate standards are disciplined. Since Voice of America's inception in World War ...

  • June 18, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    June 18, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Jun 18, 2025 11:22 PM EDT

    Wednesday on the News Hour, the Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, Iran rejects President Trump's calls for surrender as it faces more bombardment from Israel and the murder of Minnesota Democrats highlights the increasing problem of misinformation on social media.

  • A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa's farm killings

    A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa's farm killings

    Jun 16, 2025 09:07 PM EDT

    ... Africa is over the high rates of rape and murder of women and children, which mostly takes place in cities and townships. To tamp down misinformation, South African police last month took the unprecedented step of providing a racial breakdown of farm killings during the first three months of the ...

  • RFK Jr. names 8 vaccine panel replacements, including a critic of COVID vaccines

    RFK Jr. names 8 vaccine panel replacements, including a critic of COVID vaccines

    Jun 11, 2025 11:07 PM EDT

    ... a board member and volunteer director for the National Vaccine Information Center, a group that is widely considered to be a leading source of vaccine misinformation. Another is Dr. Robert Malone, the former mRNA researcher who emerged as a close adviser to Kennedy during the measles outbreak. Malone, who runs ...

  • Former CDC director reacts to RFK Jr.'s firing of entire vaccine advisory panel

    Former CDC director reacts to RFK Jr.'s firing of entire vaccine advisory panel

    Jun 10, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    The real concern here is that we're undermining, Secretary Kennedy is undermining and stopping a process that has been transparent, effective, and fact-based, and replacing it with we don't know what, but based on untrue statements, misinformation, and, frankly, fringe beliefs. Geoff Bennett: Well, put this move ...

  • New book ‘Empire of AI’ investigates OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT

    New book ‘Empire of AI’ investigates OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT

    Jun 08, 2025 09:40 PM EDT

    ... can actually do with these technologies, which leads to harm because then people start asking it for things like medical information and instead getting medical misinformation back. But also it requires all of these things that I described, the colossal resource consumption, the colossal labor exploitation. But there are many ...