Reminder that charts & ratings of alleged bias in news are not, themselves, "objective" & should always be questioned. Some of the most popular have deeply flawed methodologies that yield some truly absurd (and harmful) "ratings" that exacerbate rather than diminish misconceptions about journalism.

❌ NO: Robotic mailboxes that use AI to scan & return lost items have not been installed in Germany (or anywhere else). 💡 This is an entirely fabricated piece of engagement bait. When such an account finds a formula that works, it often repeats it to try to get more views. 🔗 go.newslit.org/AIboxes

“Some of this (attitude) is earned, but much of it is based on misperception," says NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social in this @apnews.com story. ⚠️ As our recent survey revealed, 84% of 750 teens surveyed express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days.

Oxford University Press names “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025.

NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1

One of my first journalism professors would give you a zero if you had even one error of fact. It happened to me. Sucked so much. He was one of the best professors I ever had, I took three more classes from him, and we’re still in touch

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

🇨🇦🚜 Protests advocating for greater agricultural sovereignty sprung up in Canada in November 2025, but these images of an apparent tractor roll demonstration were generated by artificial intelligence. Read more: u.afp.com/Shff

While the White House has restored access to Associated Press photographers, it continues to exclude AP reporters from the presidential press pool.

NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

If you relatively recently started studying politics and think you have discovered a simple trick to generate a perpetual majority party and then win elections forever, and a large portion of the world is just too stupid to see it, I would ask you to consider that you might be overconfident.

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Fact Check: Trump Reading 'State Your Name' Was NOT A Gaffe While Swearing In U.S. Military Enlistees -- It's How It's Done

Will Smith has a reading foundation and visits public schools. Just so you know the guy who hit that game winning homer has done good things for the LAUSD

Again, when I worked at Popular Science one of the most popular stories was 10 ways you can tell for yourself the earth is round.

🏆 Do you like our work? Want to become a champion of #NewsLiteracy? 💕 With our NEW peer-to-peer platform, you can do just that. Whether it's for a special occasion or just because you believe in the mission, creating a fundraiser for NLP has never been easier. 🔗 newslit.org/start-a-fund...

AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Copilot routinely distort the news and struggle to distinguish facts from opinion. That's according to a major new study from 22 international public broadcasters, including DW.

"AI Assistants Get News Wrong 45% of the Time, Study Finds" "When people don’t know what to trust, they end up trusting nothing at all..." gizmodo.com/ai-assistant... #AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians 1/

It's top story on CNN, WP, ABC news, and 2nd story on NYT website. Not sure what the TV is showing but seems like the websites are covering it. Language is "huge crowds," and "millions expected across nation."

Highly recommend this conversation with two of today’s leading science communicators, who offer their insights on both the challenges and opportunities facing science & health communication. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

“You don’t know who people are online. If you see somebody post a call for an ‘eye for an eye’, for example, you know they could be an American who is airing a reprehensible viewpoint, or they could be a foreign influence agent trying to deepen division.” - NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social @edweek.org

“Ideological actors, trolls, propagandists, people who are looking to divide Americans, to push misinformation, are all going to jump into the void of that curiosity gap where an event has happened, & everyone wants more details than are available.” - @peteradams.bsky.social @edweek.org story ⤵️

There were initial reports of someone being taken into custody after the Kirk shooting, but NYT is reporting police have said the detainee wasn't the shooter. So we literally know nothing about the shooter and their motives. Any speculation is bullshit, and treat this as a source credibility moment.

Share The Sift with a #teacher or three in your life! Kudos to the awesome team of @hannahcov.bsky.social @pamelabrunskill.bsky.social @peteradams.bsky.social @susanmini.bsky.social @lourdesvenard.bsky.social & others on a tremendous first issue of the school year.

New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...

Just in time for back to school: @newslit.org introduces Scroll Smarter, a family guide to news literacy. Check it out! newslit.org/scroll-smarter #chooseetobecurious

"86% of physicians surveyed said they'd encountered more misinformation among patients within the last five years than in years before." www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...

❌ NO: This is not a real photo of European politicians & heads of state waiting with clasped hands in a hallway for President Donald Trump during peace talks on the Russia-Ukraine War. It's AI. Avoid falling for such fakes by vetting the source & searching for other pics. go.newslit.org/HallwayAI

🚨Journalism job alert🚨 We're hiring an investigative reporter to join my team at @wired.com. We're looking for someone who has both traditional and non-traditional reporting skills (coding/data work/OSINT, etc). Fit the bill? Come work with me! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CondeCareers...

It’s important to pay for local journalism but not like this. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

not traditionally what is meant by the idiom "cash in one's chips"

"My goal was to never tell students what they should think about a given social problem or controversial issue — but rather to make sure they were informed & thinking in careful, logical & critical ways about it." NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social provides many #NewsLiteracy lessons in this profile.

What do these twelve Facebook ads for massive discounts on guitars and other music gear from major online retailers have in common? They're all scams.

“It’s so essential as a foundational piece for everyone to be able to distinguish between different kinds of information, especially in an information environment where everything is just referred to & presented to us as content.” - @peteradams.bsky.social 🎙 Peter & Kim Bowman talk #NewsLiteracy

"Meta’s enforcement of its manipulated media policy is inconsistent. It must prioritize investing in technology to identify and label manipulated audio and video at scale in order that users are properly informed." www.oversightboard.com/news/identif...

“This is something students have a right to; it’s key to their civic empowerment.” - @peteradams.bsky.social A podcast for the weekend: On Unpacking Education, NLP's Kim Bowman & Peter Adams discuss our "News Literacy in America" report & why students want #MediaLiteracy go.newslit.org/UnpackEdNLP

1/ The phrase “ #Doyourownresearch” has become one of the most polarizing phrases in public health, exposing deep divides in how people approach health info and trust experts. YLE contributor @kmpanthagani.bsky.social breaks it down in her most recent health (mis)communication post 🧵

Artificial intelligence is working overtime to produce a plethora of fake images from the Israel-Iran conflict. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/so...

❌ NO: This is not a legit photo of #TaylorSwift & #TravisKelce at a “No Kings” protest. It's AI-generated. Fabricating a celeb endorsement (especially one with Swift) is a widely used tactic to spread misinfo & often involves doctored photos, fake quotes, & AI fakes. 🔗 go.newslit.org/SwiftKelceAI

"There’s more footage of conflict than there’s ever been, but a lot of it is fake." 👇🏾 An important read & a reminder to be discerning about what you share online - especially during breaking news events. #NewsLiteracy

Stellar piece by @kmpanthagani.bsky.social exploring why non-experts "do their own research" & the epistemic pitfalls that await them. An astute observation: assuming "real" truth always opposes the consensus *creates* bias & enables misinfo. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/how-should...

“Viral #misinformation expresses patterns over time, and we can learn how to recognize those patterns and inoculate ourselves to a whole swath of viral rumors.” - NLP’s @peteradams.bsky.social #NewsLiteracy

Some thoughts on perennial pitfalls in news coverage of social media manipulation that frequently result in reporting on fake accounts/bots/etc being far less accurate and informative than it ought to be... www.conspirator0.com/p/journalism...

"It’s precisely because AI is prone to errors that newsrooms must maintain the 'fundamental standards & values that have long guided their work,'" says NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social in this @unbonfromage.bsky.social @cnn.com piece #AI #EdTech

What #NewsLiteracy skill does NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social use most often? 👀 "I guess fundamentally … trying to be mindful when I’m on social media but really paying attention to my emotions, observing the ways my personal biases are targeted & triggered & being aware of my assumptions."

"I also think it’s important to consciously set aside time to seek out quality, standards-based news … not just let news find you through the algorithms that determine your social media feeds." Just 1 piece of #NewsLiteracy advice from @peteradams.bsky.social in our NLPeople profile. Read more ⤵️

1/ @peteradams.bsky.social has been with NLP since our 1st birthday in 2009 when he oversaw our classroom program in Chicago & managed local journalist volunteers. Over 16 years, he's been integral to NLP's growth - & the work has never gotten stale for him. Get to know Peter ⤵️ #AcademicSky

🤔 What is the 1st thing you should do upon seeing a claim you're not sure about? "Do a web search for the claim & hold off liking or sharing it on social media." - NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social says in this @critikid.bsky.social piece Adams also discusses judging a site's reliability, AI & more!