• January 7, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    January 7, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Jan 08, 2025 12:51 AM EDT

    Tuesday on the News Hour, President-elect Trump issues a threat to Hamas and advocates for making the Panama Canal, Greenland and even Canada part of the U.S. Facebook and Instagram end their fact-checking programs, a move critics fear will pave the way for a spike in misinformation ...

  • Elon Musk helped Trump win and is now looking at Europe. Many politicians there are alarmed

    Elon Musk helped Trump win and is now looking at Europe. Many politicians there are alarmed

    Jan 07, 2025 07:07 PM EDT

    ... part of the political elite in the U.K. to engage” with Musk’s “incredibly inflammatory remarks.” But Starmer changed tack Monday, condemning “lies and misinformation” and accusing U.K. Conservative politicians who have echoed some of Musk’s points of “amplifying what the far right are saying.” “I enjoy ...

  • How a Fox News report fueled false claims by Trump and others about the New Orleans suspect

    How a Fox News report fueled false claims by Trump and others about the New Orleans suspect

    Jan 05, 2025 11:47 PM EDT

    But it was too late to contain false claims that Jabbar was in the U.S. illegally. PolitiFact contacted Fox News but did not hear back by publication. Here’s how misinformation about the suspect spread. Fox News’ reporting timeline As officials worked to confirm details about the attack, Fox ...

  • As ceasefire talks resume, Israeli airstrikes kill at least 21 people in Gaza, hospital workers say

    As ceasefire talks resume, Israeli airstrikes kill at least 21 people in Gaza, hospital workers say

    Jan 04, 2025 09:07 PM EDT

    ... toward a ceasefire. The Hamas militant group on Friday said discussions had resumed, and added it was committed to reaching an agreement. It warned against misinformation, which it said can undermine public confidence. The talks mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt have repeatedly stalled as Israeli Prime Minister ...

  • Magdeburg mourns Christmas market attack victims as fear of deeper social divisions builds

    Magdeburg mourns Christmas market attack victims as fear of deeper social divisions builds

    Dec 23, 2024 03:07 PM EDT

    ... s still too early for that" as facts and questions remain open. The country's vice chancellor voiced fears that the attack will fuel online misinformation ahead of a national election expected in late February. He urged people to “take time for the truth” and said: “Don't let yourselves ...

  • Elon Musk considers making big donation to right-wing UK party led by Nigel Farage

    Elon Musk considers making big donation to right-wing UK party led by Nigel Farage

    Dec 19, 2024 11:29 PM EDT

    ... policing,” with far-right protesters treated more harshly than pro-Palestinian or Black Lives Matter demonstrators. Musk has compared British attempts to weed out online misinformation to the Soviet Union, and during summer anti-immigrant violence across the U.K. tweeted that “civil war is inevitable.” Farage has echoed some ...

  • Polls show Americans conflicted on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health stances

    Polls show Americans conflicted on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health stances

    Dec 18, 2024 02:43 PM EDT

    ... has a lawsuit pending against a number of news organizations, among them the AP, accusing them of violating antitrust laws by taking action to identify misinformation, including about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines. Kennedy took leave from the group when he announced his run for president but is listed ...

  • McConnell says Trump's nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine

    McConnell says Trump's nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine

    Dec 15, 2024 10:45 PM EDT

    ... a lawsuit pending against a number of news organizations, among them The Associated Press, accusing them of violating antitrust laws by taking action to identify misinformation, including about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines. Kennedy took leave from the group when he announced his run for president but is listed ...

  • The controversial changes RFK Jr. could make to vaccine policy as HHS chief

    The controversial changes RFK Jr. could make to vaccine policy as HHS chief

    Dec 10, 2024 11:35 PM EDT

    ... that you would be confused by what's happening if you have never experienced it, but that doesn't give people the right to spread misinformation to the level that "Plandemic" did. And I think we're going to be feeling the consequences of that propaganda film for generations. William ...

  • Analysis: What Syria's reignited civil war means for the Middle East

    Analysis: What Syria's reignited civil war means for the Middle East

    Dec 08, 2024 01:02 AM EDT

    ... of Hama as well. There are no international journalists in Syria and the reports coming out of the country are likely to be rife with misinformation and disinformation. So far, we know that the rebellion — an amalgam of extremist groups, Turkey-backed fighters, and Kurds (though not necessarily organized Kurdish ...