Stuart A. Thompson
The New York Times
New York, NY, United States
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What’s Next for Tucker Carlson? Former Anchors Chart a Possible Course
Many nightly news hosts who commanded large audiences before leaving their networks have continued their careers elsewhere — with mixed results. → Read More
What Fox News Hosts Said Privately vs. Publicly About Voter Fraud
Dozens of private messages, released as part of a lawsuit against Fox, revealed what was said behind the scenes. → Read More
Disinformation Researchers Raise Alarms About A.I. Chatbots
Researchers used ChatGPT to produce clean, convincing text that repeated conspiracy theories and misleading narratives. → Read More
How Twitter Bots Drowned Out Posts About Protests in China
Chinese protesters shared videos and photos to Twitter. But their posts were swarmed by escort and gambling ads. → Read More
Facebook Failed to Stop Ads Threatening Election Workers
The ads, submitted by researchers, were rejected by YouTube and TikTok. → Read More
How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack
Within hours of the brutal attack last week on Paul Pelosi, Republican officials and media figures began circulating groundless claims — nearly all of them sinister, and many homophobic — about what had happened. → Read More
Do You Know Someone Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories? We Want to Hear About It.
Share your experience if you, a friend or a family member believes or once believed in a popular conspiracy theory. → Read More
Racist and Violent Ideas Jump From Web’s Fringes to Mainstream Sites
Despite some efforts by the largest tech companies to limit the spread of hateful content, it often remains only a click or two away. → Read More
Debunking 3 Viral Rumors About the Texas Shooting
False and unfounded claims started to spread online shortly after the killings. → Read More
The War in Ukraine, as Seen on Russian TV
According to Russian news media, the worst atrocities in Ukraine are staged. We analyzed more than 50 hours of television to show Russia’s version of events. → Read More
Boeing plans to relocate its headquarters to Virginia from Chicago.
The move underscores the importance of the federal government to the aerospace giant’s business. → Read More
QAnon Cheers Republican Attacks on Jackson. Democrats See a Signal.
Criticism of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sentencing decisions emerged as a theme among Republicans — and renewed debate about the party’s stance toward QAnon. → Read More
No, athletes are not dying from Covid-19 vaccines.
Claims about professional athletes dying after getting vaccinated have been a recurring conspiracy theory since the shots were introduced. → Read More
Opinion | 179 Reasons You Probably Don’t Need to Panic About Inflation
These charts break down the data behind the headline numbers. → Read More
Opinion | Three Weeks Inside a Pro-Trump QAnon Chat Room
Here’s what it sounded like. → Read More
Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line
See when you might be able to get a shot. → Read More
5 Ways Your Ballot Might Be Rejected
Opinion How Could Your Ballot Be Rejected? Let Us Count the Ways Part of a visual series from Opinion on how the election could go wrong. → Read More
Don’t Fill Ginsburg’s Seat. Signed, the Republican Senators of 2016.
Republicans from 2016 make their case against Republicans of today. → Read More
Fill Ginsburg’s Seat Now. Signed, the Democratic Senators of 2016
Democrats from 2016 make their case against the Democrats of today. → Read More
Every Place Has Its Own Climate Risk. What Is It Where You Live?
Enter your county and we’ll tell you. → Read More