• Fox News warns former star Tucker Carlson to stop Twitter video series, Axios reports

    Fox News warns former star Tucker Carlson to stop Twitter video series, Axios reports

    Jun 13, 2023 04:00 PM EDT

    ... controversial, force in GOP politics.Carlson has previously come under fire for defending a white-supremacist theory that claims white people are being "replaced" by people of color, as well as spreading misinformation about issues ranging from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to Russia's war in Ukraine.

  • In past Pride events, transgender people have often been sidelined. Not this year

    In past Pride events, transgender people have often been sidelined. Not this year

    Jun 13, 2023 03:26 PM EDT

    ... events where they've often been sidelined because of a historical emphasis on gay and lesbian rights, along with the same sorts of prejudice and misinformation held by many straight, cisgender people about trans lives. The growing number of new laws and policies, including restrictions on gender-affirming care, public ...

  • How anonymity on social media influences online behavior, harassment

    How anonymity on social media influences online behavior, harassment

    Jun 10, 2023 09:30 PM EDT

    ... of Truth.” ... John Yang: Finally tonight, our student reporting labs team brings us another edition of Moments of Truth, a series examining the spread of misinformation. Tionna Haynes was a college student when she was harassed on anonymous messaging platform after organizing racial justice protests on her campus. She spoke ...

  • Chris Christie positions himself as alternative to Trump as he launches presidential bid

    Chris Christie positions himself as alternative to Trump as he launches presidential bid

    Jun 06, 2023 10:45 PM EDT

    Laura Barron-Lopez: After serving in Trump's administration as chair of the Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission, Christie broke with him in 2020, as Trump spread misinformation about a stolen election. He considers those lies a threat to the Republican Party. Fmr. Gov. Chris Christie: But I got off ...

  • Louisiana lawmakers approve anti-LGBTQ+ bills that include ban on gender-affirming care for minors

    Louisiana lawmakers approve anti-LGBTQ+ bills that include ban on gender-affirming care for minors

    Jun 06, 2023 08:56 PM EDT

    ... and girls sports competitions, saying it was clear a veto would be overridden. Debate in the Legislature over the transgender care measure was marred by misinformation, religious arguments, hours of emotional testimony from the LGBTQ+ community, and a dramatic resurrection of a bill once presumed dead. It echoed what is ...

  • Investigation reveals effort to undermine election integrity tool

    Investigation reveals effort to undermine election integrity tool

    Jun 05, 2023 10:30 PM EDT

    ... are there out there? Miles Parks: Well, so our investigation centered on a key Trump ally named Cleta Mitchell. You might remember her. She is a very influential attorney, Republican election attorney, who now hosts a podcast about voting that she used to spread a lot of anti-ERIC misinformation.

  • WATCH: Biden praises Denmark for ‘standing up’ for Ukraine amid Russian invasion

    WATCH: Biden praises Denmark for ‘standing up’ for Ukraine amid Russian invasion

    Jun 05, 2023 10:09 PM EDT

    ... Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day Monday. Kyiv authorities didn’t confirm the attacks and suggested the claim was a Russian misinformation ruse. Asked by a reporter during his Oval Office meeting with Frederiksen whether he believed the Ukrainians would be successful in their counteroffensive, Biden ...

  • Russia makes unverified claims that Ukraine is launching major attacks

    Russia makes unverified claims that Ukraine is launching major attacks

    Jun 05, 2023 02:00 PM EDT

    ... Ministry asserted it had foiled an assault in another illegally annexed region of the invaded country. Kyiv authorities suggested the attack reports were a Russian misinformation ruse as the Ukrainian military prepares for a widely anticipated counteroffensive. Vladimir Rogov, an official in the Russia-backed administration of Ukraine's partly ...

  • Biden to meet with leaders of two key NATO allies this week for talks focused on Ukraine

    Biden to meet with leaders of two key NATO allies this week for talks focused on Ukraine

    Jun 05, 2023 01:59 PM EDT

    ... Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day Monday. Kyiv authorities didn’t confirm the attacks and suggested the claim was a Russian misinformation ruse. Last week, Frederiksen and Sunak were among 45 European leaders who traveled to Moldova for the first summit of the European Political Community ...

  • DeSantis presidential announcement highlights Elon Musk's transformation of Twitter

    DeSantis presidential announcement highlights Elon Musk's transformation of Twitter

    May 25, 2023 10:30 PM EDT

    ... distinction that I think was -- is important to recognize between himself and, say, a FOX News. FOX News got in huge trouble for spreading election misinformation with this lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems. But Twitter doesn't have that same problem. It is a different sort of place, where ...