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How Advertisers Put Democracy in Danger by Enabling Disinformation
Disinformation and calls to violence clearly helped fuel the recent assault on our nation’s capitol, and an ongoing flood of disinformation now continues to subvert the…
Marius Ostaficiuc
A Social Democratic Party (PSD) politician from the city of Iasi in eastern Romania, Marius Ostaficiuc took the biscuit when he lodged a complaint with…
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene won with brio the Idiot of the Week title after the media unearthed a slew of Facebook posts dating back…
Russia Will Redouble Efforts To Strengthen Its Narratives
“The sentencing of Alexey Navalny to two years and eight months in a penal colony yesterday, as well as the ongoing repressions against his supporters,…
Funding Journalism in Ukraine: Ask the Oligarchs
Four large players dominate the media market in Ukraine, a country where television is the main source of news. Independent journalism is still alive and…
Impact of Covid on Journalism in the Global South
A recently published report, commissioned by Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) and authored by Damian Radcliffe, looks at the impact of COVID-19 crisis on journalism in…
Victoria Prentis
The Idiot of the Week honor is going to Victoria Prentis, a British Conservative politician who serves as the fisheries minister in the current UK…
Journalism After Covid: What Will Be Left of It?
Since the start of the pandemic crisis, in the U.S., “at least 21 local newspapers have merged, at least 1,400 newsroom staffers have been permanently…
Covid-19: Dying in Pursuit of Journalism in Mexico
Reporting on the pandemic in Latin America is proving riskier than in any other region of the world. Figures recorded by non-governmental organizations show that…
Idiot of the Week: Douglas Ross
MP Douglas Ross beat off competition to win the Idiot of the Week title. Within hours only of becoming the Scottish Tory leader on August…
