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Pete Hegseth claims new omicron variant is “another liberal cover-up” that may help Democrats in midterm elections

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Dr. Oz has misled the public on medical issues for years. Now he’s running for Senate.

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With the omicron COVID-19 variant, Fox News again pushes vile propaganda — while pretending not to

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Media missed the mark with their gloomy Thanksgiving coverage

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As vaccines and boosters show incredible results, Tucker Carlson declares the COVID-19 vaccines a failure

11/30/21 11:34 AM EST
After sabotaging vaccination efforts, Fox attacks Biden for vaccination rates being too low

11/29/21 12:46 PM EST
Funded by AT&T, OAN is pushing incendiary anti-Indigenous coverage

11/24/21 10:01 AM EST
In Ethiopia, Facebook allowed posts inciting violence to go viral for years. The company’s response is both dismissive and ineffective.

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Here are the QAnon supporters serving in state legislatures

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The media’s blatant failure in warning about the threat to Roe v. Wade

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Tucker Carlson praises Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Right-wing media rush to spread baseless conspiracy theories about the coronavirus omicron variant

Joe Rogan Wrapped: A year of COVID-19 misinformation, right-wing myths, and anti-trans rhetoric

Ad loopholes earn Facebook hundreds of thousands in revenue from Trump’s fundraising committee, despite his suspension

Featured:

Four times Facebook ignored its own research showing its platforms spread hate

Pete Hegseth claims new omicron variant is “another liberal cover-up” that may help Democrats in midterm elections

Dr. Oz has misled the public on medical issues for years. Now he’s running for Senate.

With the omicron COVID-19 variant, Fox News again pushes vile propaganda — while pretending not to

Media missed the mark with their gloomy Thanksgiving coverage

As vaccines and boosters show incredible results, Tucker Carlson declares the COVID-19 vaccines a failure

After sabotaging vaccination efforts, Fox attacks Biden for vaccination rates being too low

Funded by AT&T, OAN is pushing incendiary anti-Indigenous coverage

In Ethiopia, Facebook allowed posts inciting violence to go viral for years. The company’s response is both dismissive and ineffective.

Here are the QAnon supporters serving in state legislatures

The media’s blatant failure in warning about the threat to Roe v. Wade

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Facebook:

The last time there was sustained engagement like this on right-leaning Facebook pages was around January 6 and the early days of the Biden administration

Facebook’s top political posts

New data shows Facebook's groups problem goes way beyond “Stop the Steal”

Facebook tweaked its News Feed algorithm, and right-leaning pages are reaping the benefits

Months after Facebook promised to keep election misinformation off its platform, it continues to thrive

As Facebook claims it's cleaning up hate speech, hateful content is rampant on the platform

Fox News:

The Murdochs want Tucker Carlson’s blood-soaked conspiracy theories

Fox has undermined vaccines nearly every day in the last six months

Native American group calls for firing of Fox News hosts after derogatory statements

One America News:

OAN personality Christina Bobb fundraised for her “audit” nonprofit on air 22 times in a single month. Those 22 separate appeals aired over 140 times combined.

OAN aired more than 30 hours of Mike Lindell’s election fraud scam symposium

OAN’s months-long campaign against COVID-19 vaccines

Sinclair Broadcasting:

Sinclair anchor calls out COVID-19 vaccine misinformation that Sinclair's featured national host has shared

Sinclair pushed a GOP talking point about the January 6 committee in its misleading “Question of the Day” aired on local TV stations

Sinclair Broadcast Group guest uses antisemitic language to attack progressive prosecutors

The media’s blatant failure in warning about the threat to Roe v. Wade

Broadcast TV networks aired 53 climate segments during joint week of Covering Climate Now coverage, the first week of COP26

Right-wing media erroneously use FBI crime report to blame murder spike on police reforms

Right-wing media blame trans-inclusive policy for a sexual assault in VA. It wasn’t even in place at the time.

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