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In 2021, social media platforms enabled the deadly spread of COVID-19 lies and anti-vaccine misinformation

12/30/21 9:15 AM EST
Misinformer of the Year: Steve Bannon’s “flood the zone with shit” approach is destroying American democracy

12/28/21 10:37 AM EST
Spotify’s Joe Rogan baselessly suggests white nationalist Patriot Front rally in DC was “fake” and put on by “the feds”

12/10/21 11:30 AM EST
On YouTube, Steven Crowder: “I would like to send out gangs of retarded people to lynch pedophiles”

12/06/21 12:37 PM EST
Speaking to SiriusXM's Joe Madison, Angelo Carusone points to media hypocrisy regarding QAnon followers running for office

12/03/21 12:50 PM EST
Rep. Lauren Boebert has a lengthy record of bigotry and extremism. Coverage of her recent anti-Muslim comments erases it.

12/03/21 10:29 AM EST
Joe Rogan Wrapped: A year of COVID-19 misinformation, right-wing myths, and anti-trans rhetoric

12/02/21 10:04 AM EST
Four times Facebook ignored its own research showing its platforms spread hate

12/01/21 3:30 PM EST
Subscribestar is profiting from conspiracy theorists, QAnon influencers, and white nationalists -- despite its rules

12/01/21 10:43 AM EST
YouTube videos promoting a JFK Jr. conspiracy theory earned hundreds of thousands of views despite the platform’s QAnon crackdown

11/19/21 1:04 PM EST
Watch Chris Hayes highlight the takeover of the Republican Party by “congressional candidates who have embraced the insane, far-right conspiracy theory, QAnon”

11/18/21 9:05 PM EST
Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast is a platform for QAnon

11/18/21 1:08 PM EST
“Plandemic” director says he's working with Fox's Lara Logan on a new video

11/18/21 9:41 AM EST
Tucker Carlson gives warm welcome to Michael Flynn, who recently called for a military coup to overturn the 2020 election

11/15/21 9:58 AM EST
Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe is using a “distribution by proxy” strategy to spread vaccine misinformation on Twitter despite being banned from the platform

11/11/21 12:36 PM EST
Former Trump spokesperson Jason Miller appears on QAnon channel

11/09/21 5:04 PM EST
Conservative media cast Fauci as a “puppy-killing” “mad scientist,” ignoring contrary evidence

11/09/21 4:33 PM EST
Satanic panic conspiracy theories about the Astroworld Festival are going viral on TikTok

11/09/21 12:51 PM EST

In 2021, social media platforms enabled the deadly spread of COVID-19 lies and anti-vaccine misinformation

Misinformer of the Year: Steve Bannon’s “flood the zone with shit” approach is destroying American democracy

Spotify’s Joe Rogan baselessly suggests white nationalist Patriot Front rally in DC was “fake” and put on by “the feds”

On YouTube, Steven Crowder: “I would like to send out gangs of retarded people to lynch pedophiles”

Speaking to SiriusXM's Joe Madison, Angelo Carusone points to media hypocrisy regarding QAnon followers running for office

Rep. Lauren Boebert has a lengthy record of bigotry and extremism. Coverage of her recent anti-Muslim comments erases it.

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

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

Subscribestar is profiting from conspiracy theorists, QAnon influencers, and white nationalists -- despite its rules

YouTube videos promoting a JFK Jr. conspiracy theory earned hundreds of thousands of views despite the platform’s QAnon crackdown

Watch Chris Hayes highlight the takeover of the Republican Party by “congressional candidates who have embraced the insane, far-right conspiracy theory, QAnon”

Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast is a platform for QAnon

“Plandemic” director says he's working with Fox's Lara Logan on a new video

Tucker Carlson gives warm welcome to Michael Flynn, who recently called for a military coup to overturn the 2020 election

Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe is using a “distribution by proxy” strategy to spread vaccine misinformation on Twitter despite being banned from the platform

Former Trump spokesperson Jason Miller appears on QAnon channel

Conservative media cast Fauci as a “puppy-killing” “mad scientist,” ignoring contrary evidence

Satanic panic conspiracy theories about the Astroworld Festival are going viral on TikTok

On MSNBC's The 11th Hour, Angelo Carusone describes how right-wing narrative dominance in online spaces is helping to keep Republicans from speaking out on the devastation of Trump's tariffs

Fox stars pass on defending Hegseth amid Pentagon “chaos”

Steve Bannon claims Trump will be running again in 2028: “It's happening”

Fox News reporter on decreased traffic at ports following tariffs: How long will it be “before you start losing hours or shifts or even layoffs?”

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