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Trump says Oscars focused hard on politics before 'sad' end

Trump says Oscars focused hard on politics before 'sad' end

The president said in an interview with Breitbart News on Monday that the Academy Awards "focused so hard on politics that they didn't get the act together at the end."
by Associated Press

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How the media are using encryption tools to collect anonymous tips

How the media are using encryption tools to collect anonymous tips

Technology has made for more ways to leak scoops to the press than ever before. And newsrooms across the country are taking advantage of that.
by Sam Sanders

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Free speech and the 'weaponization' of political correctness

Experts discuss the importance of expanding your horizons, listening to "the other side" and avoiding fake news when forming political opinions.
by MPR News Staff

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5 ways teachers are fighting fake news

5 ways teachers are fighting fake news

In an era of national attention to what's real and what isn't, we asked educators to share their strategies for helping students sort out fact from fiction.
by Sophia Alvarez Boyd

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Do marginalized communities trust mainstream media?

Ethnic media plays a crucial role in providing a platform for communities that feel threatened by the current administration and misrepresented by mainstream outlets.
by Tom Weber and Doualy Xaykaothao

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Media fact-checking more aggressive under Trump

Media fact-checking more aggressive under Trump

It remains to be seen how much impact these efforts have on public opinion. If you don't believe stories in mainstream media anyway, are fact checks believable?
by The Associated Press

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Long before there was 'fake news,' there were 'fake photos'

Long before there was 'fake news,' there were 'fake photos'

The pictures of 19th-century Egypt and other scenes, in an exhibit at the Clark Art Institute, don't always show the truth.
by Angus Chen

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Is trust in journalism busted?

Four Pulitzer Prize winning journalists try to answer that question.
by Laura Yuen and Tom Weber

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The lasting impact of fake news

Where there's news, there's fake news, gossip and propaganda. However, it's unprecedented that a president-elect and his constituents would take these faux reports so seriously. How will that impact our policies going forward?
by Marianne Combs

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A finder's guide to facts

A recent deluge of fake news suggests we live in a "post-truth" era. But NPR's Steve Inskeep says it would be more accurate to call this a "post-trust" era. Here are his tips to sniff out the suspect sources.
by Steve Inskeep

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