FeaturedSeptember 29 2026

Harvard Weighs In On Covering Lying Politicians

“Providing people with accurate information doesn’t seem to help; they simply discount it.” One of the many fascinating observations in this column from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. Also has some great thoughts about false equivalence, and why more media outlets are calling lies, lies. Posted by Tim Morrissey

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