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"What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis,” writes tech journalist Charlie Warzel in The Atlantic, reporting on the growing number of Americans who have dissociated from reality and are embracing insane conspiracy theories that can put human lives at risk — such as all the viral lies and violent threats about the recent hurricanes.

Their deceptive fearmongering is tearing our country apart and could cost us the election. Many voters already have a hard time separating fact from fiction, and all this disinformation confuses them even more. Those of us who phone bank in swing states speak with voters regularly, and we often hear them repeat some of these false claims, which cloud their judgment and can lead them to vote against their best interests.

This “post-reality” movement is led by Trump, Musk and their MAGA mob, amplified by right-wing media and shared widely by irresponsible social media and AI platforms. We’re witnessing a "cultural assault on any person or institution that operates in reality:” journalists, election workers, scientists, doctors, weatherpersons and first responders are all targets of their widespread attacks.

We have to stop this madness before it’s too late!



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NewsTrust Now A Part Of Poynter Network - 10,000 Words NewsTrust Now A Part Of Poynter Network

Great news! We are happy to announce that NewsTrust.net has been acquired by Poynter! It's a great fit for us, as they share our mission to help people separate fact from fiction online -- and have the resources to take our news literacy site to the next level. See you on the site!

NewsTrust is now part of The Poynter Institute I am happy to announce that NewsTrust is now part of the The Poynter Institute, a respected journalism training organization based in Florida. The Poynter Institute has been a NewsTrust partner since 2009 and collaborated regularly to our social news...

Thoughtful analysis of our local news pilot in Baltimore, by Bruce Wallace, a former Baltimore journalist, on Columbia Journalism Review. This article is factual, well-sourced and fairly presents a variety of perspectives about our experiment.

NewsTrust Baltimore: An Experiment in Civility The first thing you notice about NewsTrust Baltimore, an online aggregator of stories from local news sources, is how friggin’ civil all the commenters are.

Truthsquad.com fact-checked Barack Obama's claim that construction workers are "paying a higher tax rate than somebody pulling in $50 million a year."
http://bit.ly/truthsquad-tax

We found this claim to be HALF TRUE.

We could only find partial support for this sweeping generalization. The facts we reviewed suggest that the answer varies greatly depending on the individuals involved, and whether or not they pay taxes on wages or on investment income.

Do you agree or disagree with our findings? How can we improve the Truthsquad service? Please add your comments below, or email us to share your feedback ([email protected]).

This concludes our Truthsquad pilot for this month. We would like to thank all of the participants who contributed to this experiment. We really appreciate all of your great insights and hope you got as much from this experience as we did. The more we dig together, the more we learn as a community.

To learn more about Truthsquad, check our project page:
http://bit.ly/truthsquad

Fact-check: Obama's claim that construction workers pay more taxes than millionaires is HALF TRUE President Obama said that construction workers are "paying a higher tax rate than somebody pulling in $50 million a year." Truthsquad finding: HALF TRUE.

This week, Truthsquad fact-checked Governor Rick Perry's claim that "the federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all." We found overwhelming evidence that the federal government has devoted significant resources to stop illegal crossings of the U.S Mexico border, and has dramatically increased its border patrol efforts in recent years. Read the full report on our site: http://bit.ly/truthsquad-border

If you haven't participated in this pilot yet, give it a try. This week, we're fact-checking Barack Obama's claim that construction workers are "paying a higher tax rate than somebody pulling in $50 million a year." TRUE OR FALSE? http://bit.ly/truthsquad-tax

Hope to see you on Truthsquad.com!

Fact-check: Rick Perry's claim on border security is FALSE "The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all." By Gov. Rick Perry, speaking at the Fox News Google debate in Orlando on Sep. 22, 2011. Truthsquad finding: FALSE.

Fact-check results are in: we did not find any factual evidence to support Mitt Romney's GOP debate claim about Obama's so-called "apology tour."
http://bit.ly/truthsquad-apologies

If you haven't participated in this pilot yet, give it a try. This week, we're fact-checking Barack Obama's claim that construction workers are "paying a higher tax rate than somebody pulling in $50 million a year." TRUE OR FALSE? http://bit.ly/truthsquad-tax

Hope to see you on Truthsquad.com!

Fact-check: Mitt Romney's claim on Obama's "apology tour" is FALSE President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America". By Mitt Romney, speaking at the GOP debate on Fox News - Sep. 22, 2011. Truthsquad finding: FALSE.

Fact-check this claim from President Obama about middle-class taxes. Join our Truthsquad pilot to learn more: http://bit.ly/truthsquad-pilot

True or False? Construction workers are "paying a higher tax rate than somebody pulling in $50 milli Fact-check this claim from Barack Obama on Truthsquad.com. Brought to you by NewsTrust, your guide to good journalism.

Help fact-check the news on Truthsquad.com. Today, we posted this claim from the last night's GOP Republican debate. Can you help us fact-check it?

Our new Truthsquad pilot will be running through mid-October, to test our new user experience. To learn more about this pilot, check our blog:
http://bit.ly/truthsquad-pilot

Mitt Romney: President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America" - TRUE OR FALSE? Fact-check this claim from Mitt Romney, former governor (R-MA) in the recent GOP Republican Debate hosted by Fox News and Google on Sep. 22, 2011.

We've just launched a new pilot for Truthsquad, our pro-am fact-checking service. For the next few weeks, we'll fact-check a new claim like this one each Wednesday.

Can you join us for this community experiment? Help us test our new tools and share this with others!
http://bit.ly/truthsquad

Truthsquad: Do middle-class families "pay higher taxes than millionaires"? Fact-check this claim from President Obama: "Middle-class families [shouldn't] pay higher taxes than millionaires" - From NewsTrust, your guide to good journalism.

Here are some of the lessons we learned from our NewsTrust Baltimore pilot, with key takeaways on Baltimore's news ecosystem, the impact of local curation and education services, community engagement, sustainability and much more.

View the full report as a PDF file here:
http://bit.ly/nt-bmore-report

Our final report about NewsTrust Baltimore Here is our our final report on NewsTrust Baltimore, our local news experiment. In this last report, we summarize our activities on this multifaceted project and share some of our key findings about Baltimore's news ecosystem, the impact of our curation and education services on the local community ...