Russian op-ed smears Ocasio-Cortez, mistaking memes for actual quotes
By Polyhraph
Dmitry Kosyrev
Political commentator, Russia Today
"’In 1941, the Germans dropped an atomic bomb on us’: who now rules in the U.S.”
Source: Ria Novosti, December...
Disinformation in 2018: Twelve embarrassing moments
By EU vs Disinfo
Disinformation is a serious problem. It is used by the Kremlin as a means of gaining power in Russian domestic and foreign...
NASA disinvites Russian: Who is the biggest loser if space partnership with Russia unravels?
By Polygraph
Pavel Vinogradov
Russian Cosmonaut
“This not fraught with anything for Russia; rather, (it is) for NASA and the USA.”
Source: NSN.ru, January 5, 2019
FALSE
Roscosmos will face...
2019: A year when fake news gets intimate and everyone disagrees on everything
Be Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab
The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard...
Fake: Ukrainian Presidential Elections Will be Illegitimate
Russia’s propaganda machine has declared Ukraine’s upcoming March 31 presidential elections illegitimate before they have even taken place, claiming the country’s Foreign Ministry “has...
Fake: Ukraine Preparing New Provocation in Kerch Strait
Russian propagandist media have launched a new wave of fakes claiming Ukraine is preparing “a new provocation” in the Kerch Strait, the body of...
Russian agents in Western media
By Oleksandr Danylyuk, for International Policy Digest
The exposure of a journalist of the German magazine, Der Spiegel, Claas Relotius, who falsified materials for his...
The focus of misinformation debates shifts South
By Peter Cunliffe-Jones, for NiemanLab
“In complex tinderbox societies, the potential for mis- and disinformation to sow not just social discord but real violence is...
Checking facts and fighting back: Why journalists should defend their profession
By Raymond J. Pingree, Brian Watson, Mingxiao Sui, Kathleen Searles, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Joshua P. Darr, Martina Santia, Kirill Bryanov
Published: December 10, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208600
Abstract
Bias accusations...
Year in review: 1001 messages of pro-Kremlin disinformation
By EU vs Disinfo
“Lies and blatant fabrications” – this was how the British government described Russia’s clumsy attempt to conceal its hand in the nerve agent attack...