SPLC, secretary of state remain at odds over voter misinformation
The heated back-and-forth between the Alabama Secretary of State's Office and the Southern Poverty Law Center continued Tuesday, with both sides accusing them of misleading Alabama residents about incorrect voter information cards sent to voters in the 2nd Congressional District. blamed the other party. The SPLC issued a press release Monday “condemning” Secretary of State […]
Cochise County hires elections director who has spread misinformation
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the United States. Dive deeper into how our democracy works with Votebeat's free newsletter at votebeat.org/newsletters. An Arizona county that refused to certify the 2022 election has hired a new election official who repeatedly spread false claims of widespread election fraud. […]
GOP Senator James Lankford Addresses ‘Misinformation’ Surrounding Potential New Border Deal
Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, addressed the “misinformation” surrounding a potential new border deal on CBS on Sunday. Lankford appeared on “Face the Nation” to discuss the possibility of a new border agreement among bipartisan members of the Senate as the border crisis continues. But some Republican senators and former President Donald Trump have expressed concerns […]
Fontes Pledges To Be More Assertive Against Misinformation For 2024 Election
Editor's note: The following article once again demonstrates the extreme partisan actions of Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to favor Democrats in the 2024 election. Mr. Fontes has a clear history of partisan activity as current and former Maricopa County Recorder, a position that has been overruled several times by the Arizona Supreme Court. […]
Study On COVID Misinformation Is — You Guessed It — Chock Full Of COVID Misinformation
A new study released Tuesday accused many doctors of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 on social media, despite a hotly debated claim called misinformation. The study, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association and funded through internal support from the University of Massachusetts, found that the researchers found “mistakes” such as mask use and […]
Hard Numbers: Maricopa misinformation, Gen Zer in da House, 1st female governors, expensive vote
40,000: Maricopa again? On Election Day, a technology glitch affected about a quarter of the ballot counting machines in a prominent Arizona county.almost as planned, that sparked In less than two hours, 40,000 tweets were sent out amid growing fears of political misinformation on Twitter under new CEO Elon Musk. twenty five: Democrat Maxwell Frost, […]
‘So You’re Not Gonna Answer The Question?’: James Comer Grills Biden CDC Director Over Vaccine Misinformation
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Tuesday lashed out at CDC Director Rochelle Wallenski during a hearing on the government’s role in censoring supposed “misinformation” about the novel coronavirus vaccine. Mr. Kammer began his interrogation by asking Mr. Warenski, “Is there a difference between medical opinion and misinformation?” “There are things in the literature […]
FUNK: Irresponsible Media Misinformation About Lethal Self-Defense Risks Getting People Killed
Walk into almost any barber shop, bar or cafe and you’ll hear wildly different opinions about how to deal with trespassers. Exodus 22:9 also speaks of “every trespass.” Not surprisingly, US state laws regarding trespassing vary significantly. But one thing remains the same. It is that no state will tolerate lethal force against “mere” or […]
‘Undermines Trust’: Mark Zuckerberg Reflects On Facebook Censoring COVID-19 ‘Misinformation’
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reflected on the company’s role in censoring information during the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday’s episode of The Rex Fridman Podcast. . Zuckerberg suggested that censoring misinformation is difficult and requires a degree of subjective judgment. Enforcing censorship around the coronavirus pandemic has been particularly difficult, the tech mogul continued. Many scientific […]
Cochise County hires elections director who has spread election misinformation
An Arizona county that refused to prove the 2022 election hired new election officials who repeatedly spread false claims about widespread election fraud. On Tuesday, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors appointed Bob Bartelsmeyer, who has served as La Paz County elections director for the past year after being nominated by Republican Recorder David Stevens, […]