Tag: Misinformation
AP Interview: Michigan official warns of democracy threats
LANSING, Michigan — Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson serves as the chief election official in Michigan, working alongside nearly 1,700 local officials who administer...
Attorney Dershowitz sues Netflix for $80M over Epstein show
MIAMI — Attorney and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz is suing Netflix for $80 million over his portrayal in the streaming service's “Filthy Rich”...
In NYC’s furthest flung neighborhood, vaccine a tough sell
NEW YORK — If there’s one place where people could fear the coronavirus more than a vaccination needle, it's the Far Rockaway section of...
Social media heavyweights wooed for Pfizer smear campaign
LE PECQ, France — Social media influencers in France with hundreds of thousands of followers say a mysterious advertising agency offered to pay them...
County tells Arizona Senate to keep files, threatens lawsuit
PHOENIX — Maricopa County officials on Friday directed the Arizona Senate and the auditors it hired to review the county's 2020 election count to...
New voter ID rules raise concerns of fraud, ballot rejection
ATLANTA — When voters in Florida and Georgia want to vote by mail in next year’s races for governor, they will have to make...
In Virginia, Trump’s election lies look like a GOP liability
LANEXA, Va. — Washington Republicans may be rushing to embrace former President Donald Trump's falsehoods about fraud costing him a second term, but next...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
Chinese authorities order video denials by Uyghurs of abuses
URUMQI, China — China has highlighted an unlikely series of videos this year in which Uyghur men and women deny U.S. charges that Beijing...
House backs commission on Jan. 6 riot over GOP objections
WASHINGTON — The House voted to create an independent commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, sending the legislation to...
