disinformation

In an era of disinformation we have to hold The Tennessean to a higher standard

By Abdou Kattih — June 25, 2020
(RNS) — Last Sunday, The Tennessean, a Gannett newspaper, ran a full-page advertisement in its print edition that perpetuated disinformation, aimed at inspiring fear, and ultimately hate.

Report traces anti-Muslim Facebook astroturfing campaign to evangelical activist

By Aysha Khan — May 17, 2019
(RNS) — Evangelical author Kelly Monroe Kullberg has been linked to a network of Facebook pages posting extreme anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric and conspiracy theories to some 1.4 million followers.

COMMENTARY: Truth: Who needs it?

By Tom Ehrich — August 7, 2012

(RNS) Instead of reasoned debate among people who all seek the common good, we have a toxic spew of ads aimed at nothing more than instilling fear and hatred. Such willful destruction of the public square is despicable, and now it has become normal. By Tom Ehrich.

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