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Fact-checking needs to evolve to meet new challenges
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Africa’s fact-checking community shows its growing strength in collaboration, investigations
The Africa Facts fact-checking conference drew 200 participants from around the continent
December 5, 2024
Opinion | Pete Hegseth blames the media for his controversial and shaky nomination
The former Fox News host called coverage of his contentious defense secretary nomination the ‘classic art of the smear’
December 5, 2024
The Supreme Court is weighing trans health bans. Here’s what to expect.
The decision could affect the future of gender-affirming care bans nationwide and how the court will address future transgender discrimination cases
December 5, 2024
Trump relishes his relationship with the press. How will that affect his attacks on it?
In the latest episode of ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ AP media writer David Bauder says that Trump’s strikes may be impulsive, not organized
December 4, 2024
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Opinion | Most – not all – media all over the Pete Hegseth story
As of Tuesday, concerns about Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee had been mostly absent from Fox News
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Opinion | Media reaction to President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter
The media world went into overdrive with its analysis, with some pundits calling President Biden a ‘liar’
December 3, 2024
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