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The growing stream of reporting on and data about phony news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is tough to keep up with. This weekly roundup provides the highlights of what you might have missed out on. Laura Danger Owen, May 20, 2021Plus: "Partisanship turned out to be the greatest predictor of Americans' understanding, even exceeding education," and how local news companies battled Covid-19 misinformation in their communities.

Laura Threat Owen, February 5, 2021Plus: An extensive report on why social media is not biased against conservatives, and Tik, Tok takes new actions to reduce the spread of unverified videos. Laura Danger Owen, January 8, 2021"While implementing their rules on the president may assist prevent him from egging on his fans even more, the rush to erase videos published by those extremely fans may wind up making them more difficult to hold accountable.

Laura Risk Owen, October 30, 2020Meanwhile, Republican Politician Sen. More Details states fact-checking is a type of censorship, and Wikipedia discusses how it plans to combat Election Day misinformation. Laura Hazard Owen, October 9, 2020"Crowdsourcing is a promising approach for helping to determine false information at scale."Laura Risk Owen, October 2, 2020Plus: How Trump's 2016 digital project sought to suppress the Black vote, and individuals on both sides of the political spectrum are susceptible to misinformation about mail discarding.

Laura Risk Owen, July 10, 2020Plus: How a phony news headline happened (there are no "Obama-Soros Antifa Supersoldiers") and patterns in Covid-19 false information.

Media veterans and organisations just recently met to go over the government's effort to ban the distribution of 'fake news' or information it alleges stokes public worries and causes disruption as it tries to deal with an escalating Covid-19 death toll. Attendees and speakers retaliated with their own counterclaim that the media has become a scapegoat for the federal government's battle to justify remaining in workplace following a variety of bad moves in its handling of the break out.