MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s film is ‘not intended to be taken as fact’ The documentary repeats multiple falsehoods debunked by fact-checkers, including about voting machines, foreign interference and dead voters. February 8, 2021 Noah Y. Kim
What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories The new member of Congress is under intense scrutiny from her own party for promoting conspiracy theories and comments supporting violence. February 3, 2021 Daniel Funke
Unity, hope and history on newspaper front pages after Biden’s inauguration Some also led with the history made by Vice President Kamala Harris January 21, 2021 Kristen Hare
Trump ends his term as president with half of his campaign promises unachieved About a quarter of campaign promises were fulfilled, about a quarter he compromised, and about half he did not achieve. January 20, 2021 Jon Greenberg
Most news industry workers believe polls are overused and unreliable, Medill survey finds ‘People feel like there are too many polls. But are news organizations going to reduce their polling? Probably not,’ the survey’s conductor said. January 19, 2021 Mark Jacob
‘We are all dizzy at this moment’ — How the media is keeping pace in these unprecedented times Think of all that has happened over the past year. A pandemic. A reckoning over race. A hotly contested election. And now, two impeachments. January 14, 2021 Tom Jones
Facebook has banned QAnon, but false claims connected to the conspiracy are still circulating on the platform ahead of Inauguration Day Many false posts make claims about President Trump imposing martial law or invoking the Insurrection Act to prevent Joe Biden from taking office. January 14, 2021 Daniel Funke
It’s only Jan. 13 and this already feels like a long year Joe Biden’s inauguration is exactly one week away, but the country remains as divided and as on edge as ever. And the next week could make it worse. January 13, 2021 Tom Jones
Telling it like it is: When writing news requires a distance from neutrality Examining an astonishing four paragraphs published in The Washington Post about the Capitol attack that push the boundaries of traditional neutrality. January 13, 2021 Roy Peter Clark
Expelling, censuring, and reprimanding members of Congress: What you need to know Calls are increasing on Capitol Hill to punish lawmakers who may have encouraged efforts to stop the counting of the electoral votes on Jan. 6. January 12, 2021 Louis Jacobson
The news is almost too depressing to watch These are horrific times for our country, but also a moment in which the media has shined. The reporting over the past week has been superb. January 12, 2021 Tom Jones
How did we get here? Experts explain how disinformation online helped fuel the attack on the Capitol January 11, 2021 Katy Byron
Nothing to see here: How conservative media is moving quickly away from what happened last week Instead of talking about the horrific events of last week, they are stomping their feet about President Donald Trump's social media bans. January 11, 2021 Tom Jones
Can President Trump pardon himself? The answer may be hidden in a grammar lesson. What you need to know about presidential pardons, including a close parsing of the language in the Constitution. January 11, 2021 Al Tompkins
The difference in police response to the Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol assault The police response to the assault of the federal Capitol building has unleashed a wave of comparisons to the summer Black Lives Matter protests. January 11, 2021 Jon Greenberg
