Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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The sharp divide over election integrity in America has taken another dramatic turn, this time with a Republican official publicly breaking ranks to condemn his own party’s president. In a tense and revealing interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Matt Crane, the executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association and…
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Misinformation is a messy problem, and not only because false stories spread far and fast. Even when people encounter questionable claims, they still have to decide whether those claims deserve to be believed and passed along. That decision is influenced by more than just the facts, or lack of facts, at the center of a story. It also depends on how the story is told, including the language that frames its evidence. This is where hedging becomes interesting. Hedging refers to the small linguistic choices that make a claim sound less direct or less certain: vague sources like “some experts…
**1. There is a moment in American public life that catches you off guard, not because it is shocking in the abstract, but because it arrives from a person you expect to stay quiet. A Yahoo News story carrying the headline “Republican Election Official Rips Trump for Spreading ‘Disinformation and Lies’ About Secure Elections” describes one such moment. The headline alone feels like a cold glass of water thrown into a conversation that has been simmering for years. It is one thing for a Democratic activist, a cable news anchor, or a former White House aide to accuse Donald Trump…
