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Does Political Advertising make any difference?

September 9, 2020 by Dave
Political advertising

New study reveals that political advertising, regardless of tone, timing or content, only has a very small marginal imapct on voter decisions.

Categories media, politics, science, study Tags persuasion, Political advertising, study Leave a comment

How the Pandemic Defeated America

August 13, 2024August 4, 2020 by Dave
Pandemic

It didn’t have to be like this. 150,000+ people did not need to die. This pain and turmoil was preventable at a thousand different turns.

Categories Health, media, science Tags COVID-19, ed young, health, media, Pandemic, writing Leave a comment

Why was #DemonSperm trending on Twitter?

August 6, 2023July 29, 2020 by Dave
#DemonSperm

If you woke up and found #DemonSperm trending on twitter yesterday you might have been wondering what the story here was. Well, here it is.

Categories media, nutters, politics Tags #DemonSperm, COVID-19, hydroxychloriquine, trump Leave a comment

Fake News Update: Twitter Bans 7,000 QAnon accounts

August 13, 2024July 23, 2020 by Dave
QAnon

Twitter has taken the bold step of removing thousands of QAnon accounts. What is the backstory here, why have they done this?

Categories Fake News, media, Skeptic news, Skepticism, society, twitter Tags ban, QAnon, twitter Leave a comment

Survey: Nearly one in six Britons would refuse Covid-19 vaccine

May 21, 2022July 8, 2020 by Dave
vaccine

The anti-vaccine movement is already rejecting a COVID-19 vaccine that does not exist. Is attacking social media the best response for this?

Categories consumer, Health, media, Medicine, poll, Skepticism, society Tags CCDH, COVID-19, social media, vaccine Leave a comment

Why do people share COVID-19 Misinformation?

December 23, 2023July 3, 2020 by Dave
COVID-19 fake news

Is there anything we can do to prevent people from sharing misinformation about COVID-19? New study reveals that there is indeed a solution.

Categories consumer, Critical Thinking, Fake News, media, Medicine, psychology, science, Skepticism, society, study Tags COVID-19, fake news Leave a comment
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