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href="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1_012224_top-pick_climate-denial_LARGE.png" target="_blank"><img alt="A chart by the Center for Countering Digital Hate shows the shift in climate change denial tactics on YouTube since 2018 from outright denial of global warming caused by humans to false claims that the climate movement and science is unreliable, climate solutions won’t work, and climate impacts are not bad." style="max-width:570px;width: 100%;border: 0;display: block;margin: 0 auto;" width="570" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1_012224_top-pick_climate-denial.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img alt="A chart by the Center for Countering Digital Hate shows the shift in climate change denial tactics on YouTube since 2018 from outright denial of global warming caused by humans to false claims that the climate movement and science is unreliable, climate solutions won’t work, and climate impacts are not bad." src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1_012224_top-pick_climate-denial.jpg" style="max-width:570px;width: 100%;border: 0;display: block;margin: 0 auto;" width="570" /></noscript></a></center> </td> </tr> <tr style="border-spacing:0;border-collapse: collapse;"> <td style="font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;color:#53565a;text-align: center;padding-bottom: 15px;font-style: italic;">Over the last five years, climate change deniers have focused less on denying climate change and more on attacking climate science and solutions. Image credit: Center for Countering Digital Hate.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0;padding: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="10" style="line-height:10px;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>  <div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;vertical-align: top;padding-top: 0;" valign="top" width="38"><img style="width: 28px;display: block;margin: 0;" width="28" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/top-picks-1.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/top-picks-1.png" style="width: 28px;display: block;margin: 0;" width="28" /></noscript></td> <td style="padding:0;border-spacing:0;border-collapse: collapse;vertical-align: top;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;color:#53565a;padding-top:0;" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0;padding: 0;"><strong>Climate change deniers have shifted their strategies on YouTube</strong> from denying climate change outright to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/16/climate/climate-denial-misinformation-youtube/index.html" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">undermining trust in the climate movement</a>, science and solutions. In an analysis of 12,058 video transcripts from 96 YouTube channels between 2018 and 2023, a <a href="https://counterhate.com/research/new-climate-denial/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Center for Countering Digital Hate report</a> found that this new tactic accounted for 70% of climate denial claims in 2023 — up from 35% in 2018. Researchers worry that the videos could potentially impact support for climate action and influence younger viewers on YouTube, which the Pew Research Center <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/12/11/teens-social-media-and-technology-2023/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">has identified</a> as the most popular social media platform for 13- to 17-year-olds.</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0;padding: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="15" style="line-height:15px;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ul style="margin-top: 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;padding-bottom: 0;"> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Note: </strong>The Center for Countering Digital Hate used artificial intelligence technology to analyze YouTube video transcripts and categorize content between old and new climate change denial tactics.</li> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Related</strong>: <ul> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/youtube-google-social-media-misinformation-b2478978.html" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">“Climate misinformation is mutating on YouTube – and the platform is profiting”</a> (Louise Boyle, The Independent).</li> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2024/01/19/climate-change-denial-spreading-social-media/72257689007/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">“Science vs. social media: Why climate change denial still thrives online”</a> (Jessica Guynn, USA Today).</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  <div> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;vertical-align: top;padding-top: 20px;" valign="top" width="38"><img style="width: 28px;display: block;margin: 0;" width="28" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/top-picks-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/top-picks-2.png" style="width: 28px;display: block;margin: 0;" width="28" /></noscript></td> <td style="padding:0;border-spacing:0;border-collapse: collapse;vertical-align: top;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;color:#53565a;padding-top: 20px;" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0;padding: 0;"><strong>The anti-science movement continues to grow in the U.S.</strong>, resulting in childhood vaccination rates reaching a 10-year low in 2023 despite decades of scientific evidence of the safety and effectiveness of vaccines. Vaccine hesitancy and rejection of scientific expertise picked up steam during the COVID-19 pandemic as <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-vaccine-science-politics-2024/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">public health became a politically charged topic</a> and health misinformation spread online. To rebuild trust, researchers say scientists could be more transparent about their work, communicate when there are unknowns and practice repetition — borrowing a technique from the playbook of bad actors, who have expertly used repetition to spread misinformation.</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0;padding: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="15" style="line-height:15px;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ul style="margin-top: 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;padding-bottom: 0;"> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Resource:</strong> Infographic: <a href="https://newslit.org/educators/resources/levels-of-scientific-evidence/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">“Levels of scientific evidence”</a> (NLP’s Resource Library).</li> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Related</strong>: <ul style="margin-top: 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;padding-bottom: 0;"> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/as-covid-cases-rise-doctors-worry-about-the-consequences-of-misinformation" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">“As COVID cases rise, doctors worry about the consequences of misinformation”</a> (Laura Santhanam, <em>PBS NewsHour</em>).</li> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/measles-outbreaks-occurring-pockets-us-doctors-concerned/story?id=106440080" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">“Measles outbreaks are occurring in some pockets of the US. Here’s why doctors are concerned”</a> (Mary Kekatos and Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News).</li> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/01/did-the-battle-against-misinformation-go-too-far/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">“Did the battle against ‘misinformation’ go too far?”</a> (Sara Talpos, Nieman Lab).</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;vertical-align: top;padding-top:20px;" valign="top" width="38"><img style="width: 28px;display: block;margin: 0;" width="28" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/top-picks-3.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/top-picks-3.png" style="width: 28px;display: block;margin: 0;" width="28" /></noscript></td> <td style="padding:0;border-spacing:0;border-collapse: collapse;vertical-align: top;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;color:#53565a;padding-top: 20px;" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0;padding: 0;"><strong>One of the many challenges local news organizations face is funding</strong>, especially as readers flock to social media and traditional sources of revenue dry up. Media columnist Margaret Sullivan highlights the local news crisis by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2024/jan/18/local-newspapers-media-chain-ownership-baltimore-sun-sinclair" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">examining the struggles at the Baltimore Sun</a>, a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper that employed more than 400 newsroom staff members in its heyday and that has now dwindled to fewer than 100. The newspaper was recently purchased by the owner of a media company with a history of imposing political views on news content. Standards-based newsrooms have strict measures in place to protect editorial independence, including from owner interference.</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0;padding: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="15" style="line-height:15px;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ul style="margin-top: 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;padding-bottom: 0;"> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Note:</strong> Margaret Sullivan is a longtime supporter of the News Literacy Project. She discussed the <a href="https://newslit.org/updates/extra-extra-how-to-solve-the-local-news-crisis/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">local news crisis</a> on a recent panel for <a href="https://newslit.org/news-literacy-week/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">National News Literacy Week</a>.</li> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Related:</strong> <ul> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/business/media/billionaires-news-media-owners.html" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">“Billionaires Wanted to Save the News Industry. They’re Losing a Fortune.”</a> (Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson, The New York Times).</li> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/ct-ai-local-news-richard-blumenthal-18600849.php" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">“AI and misinformation creating ‘existential crisis’ for local news, Blumenthal warns”</a> (John Moritz, CT Insider).</li> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;">Podcast: <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/on-the-media-trouble-baltimore-sun-end-of-era-pitchfork" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">“Trouble at The Baltimore Sun, and the End of an Era for Pitchfork”</a> (<em>On the Media</em>, WNYC Studios).</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table align="center" class="outer roboto-light" style="border-spacing:0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;color:#53565a;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;width:100%;max-width:650px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" style="padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;"> <center><a href="https://rumorguard.org/join" target="_blank"><img alt="Join the RumorGuard. 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NOPE NOT AGAIN!” The post includes a photo of Taylor Swift appearing to wear a T-shirt that says, “Nope Not again” with an image of former President Donald Trump’s hair and signature red tie bordering the letter O. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says, “MANIPULATED CONTENT.”" style="max-width:425px;width:100%;display:block;border-style:none;border-width:0;" width="425" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RG-1_012224_Taylor-Swift-IMAGE.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img alt="A post on X reads, “Taylor Swift is on the right side of history and will be remembered for it. NOPE NOT AGAIN!” The post includes a photo of Taylor Swift appearing to wear a T-shirt that says, “Nope Not again” with an image of former President Donald Trump’s hair and signature red tie bordering the letter O. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says, “MANIPULATED CONTENT.”" src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RG-1_012224_Taylor-Swift-IMAGE.jpg" style="max-width:425px;width:100%;display:block;border-style:none;border-width:0;" width="425" /></noscript></a></center> <p class="roboto-light gray body" style="margin-top:20px !important;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0;color:#53565a;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;padding:0;padding-bottom: 0 !important;"><strong style="color:#C1272D;">NO: </strong>This is <a href="https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/image-taylor-swift-wearing-anti-trump-t-shirt-is-altered-2024-01-18/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">not an authentic photo</a> of Taylor Swift wearing an anti-Trump T-shirt. <strong style="color:#39B54A;">YES</strong>: The image of Swift’s face was taken from a <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/taylor-swift-attends-the-2019-time-100-gala-at-frederick-p-news-photo/1138985083?adppopup=true" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">2019 photograph</a> and digitally added to the body of a person wearing a tee with the slogan, “Nope Not again.” <strong style="color:#39B54A;">YES: </strong>Manipulated images appearing to show celebrities wearing T-shirts with political messages are common on social media.<br /> <br /> <strong>NewsLit takeaway: </strong>Altering photos of <a href="https://www.rumorguard.org/post/actor-george-clooney-didn-t-wear-this-anti-maga-t-shirt" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">celebrities</a> to <a href="https://www.rumorguard.org/post/actor-ben-affleck-didn-t-wear-this-anti-maga-t-shirt" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">make it look like</a> they are <a href="https://www.rumorguard.org/post/sylvester-stallone-didn-t-wear-this-partisan-4-useless-things-t-shirt" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">wearing clothing</a> that <a href="https://www.rumorguard.org/post/actor-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-didn-t-wear-this-anti-trump-t-shirt" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">endorses or criticizes</a> a politician is a <a href="https://www.rumorguard.org/post/actor-chris-evans-didn-t-wear-a-keep-america-trumpless-t-shirt" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">common form of manipulation</a> online. These fake photos generally serve two purposes: to boost the popularity of specific political opinions by creating the illusion that they are endorsed by well-liked celebrities and to serve as advertisements for merchandise (the T-shirts featured can generally be found for sale through a quick search for the phrase). In either case, these political and merchandising opportunists are manipulating both the content and their audiences.<br /> <br /> The next time you see what appears to be a photograph of a celebrity in a political T-shirt, be skeptical and do a quick reverse image search to verify or debunk the image.</p> <ul style="margin-top: 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;padding-bottom: 0;"> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Related:</strong> <ul style="margin-top: 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;padding-bottom: 0;"> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://people.com/taylor-swift-definitely-didnt-write-book-argylle-despite-online-conspiracy-says-director-8426849" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">“Taylor Swift 'Definitely Didn't Write' the Book<em> Argylle </em>Despite Online Conspiracy, Says Film's Director”</a> (Tommy McArdle, People).</li> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-le-creuset-ai-generated-ads/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">“AI-generated ads using Taylor Swift's likeness dupe fans with fake Le Creuset giveaway” </a>(Megan Cerullo, CBS News).</li> <li style="margin: 0 !important;padding: 3px 0 !important;font-size: 15px;line-height: 20px;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/10/pentagon-taylor-swift-fox-00134866" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;">“Haters gonna hate: Pentagon pushes back against Fox News conspiracy theory involving Taylor Swift”</a> (Olivia Alafriz, Politico).</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="15" style="padding:0;border:0;line-height:15px;border-collapse: collapse;border-spacing: 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: transparent;background-image: none;background-repeat: repeat;background-position: top left;background-attachment: scroll;border-bottom-width: 1px;border-bottom-style: solid;height: 1px;width: 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-left: 0;border-bottom-color:#53565a;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  <div> <p class="roboto-bold purple" style="font-size:18px;line-height:21px;text-align:left;margin-top:30px !important;margin-bottom:25px !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#004f71;"><a href="https://www.rumorguard.org/post/viral-video-shared-with-false-proof-of-voter-fraud-at-iowa-caucus" style="color: #004f71;text-decoration: underline;font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Viral video shared with false proof of voter fraud at Iowa caucus </a></p> <center><a href="https://www.rumorguard.org/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Foxdwsi28%2Fproduction%2Fda4eaf29b876fad391ba8cbd66950c533fa1c275-871x704.png&w=3840&q=75" style="border: 0;" target="_blank"><img alt="A screenshot shows a video from the 2024 Iowa caucus that was shared on X along with the descriptions, “Iowans voting, writing their candidate’s name on a piece of paper, throwing it into the paper bag to be tallied.” It was retweeted by someone else who added “Proof of election fraud on the Republican side. Numerous people throwing multiple pieces of paper, aka votes, into a brown bag. No one double checking.” The News Literacy Project has added a label that says, “NOT FRAUD.”" style="max-width:424px;width:100%;display:block;border-style:none;border-width:0;" width="424" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RG-2_012224_Iowa-caucus_IMAGE.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img alt="A screenshot shows a video from the 2024 Iowa caucus that was shared on X along with the descriptions, “Iowans voting, writing their candidate’s name on a piece of paper, throwing it into the paper bag to be tallied.” It was retweeted by someone else who added “Proof of election fraud on the Republican side. Numerous people throwing multiple pieces of paper, aka votes, into a brown bag. No one double checking.” The News Literacy Project has added a label that says, “NOT FRAUD.”" src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RG-2_012224_Iowa-caucus_IMAGE.jpg" style="max-width:424px;width:100%;display:block;border-style:none;border-width:0;" width="424" /></noscript></a></center> <p class="roboto-light gray body" style="margin-top:20px !important;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0;color:#53565a;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;padding:0;"><strong style="color:#C1272D;">NO: </strong>This video is <a href="https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/01/fact-check-video-does-not-show-iowa-caucus-voters-throwing-random-piece-of-paper-into-paper-bag-ballots-are-watermarked-preprinted.html" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">not evidence of voter fraud</a> at the 2024 Iowa caucus. <strong style="color:#C1272D;">NO: </strong>The caucus does not tally votes by allowing anyone to write names on random scraps of paper and throw them into paper bags. <strong style="color:#39B54A;">YES: </strong>Caucus participants were required to verify that they were local registered voters by showing <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/15/us/politics/how-iowa-caucuses-work-process.html" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">identification</a> before receiving a preprinted watermarked ballot.<br /> <br /> <strong>NewsLit takeaway: </strong>Deeply rooted biases tempt people to quickly jump to conclusions when they see social media content that appears to confirm their preconceived beliefs. This is especially true when it paints political foes in an unflattering light. But viral social media posts rarely contain enough information to accurately convey complex realities and are often presented out of context and attached to baseless and sensational assertions. By practicing a little restraint and seeking out additional information, such as standards-based news coverage or a high-quality fact check, people can restore the necessary context to viral outrage posts.</p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>  <table align="center" class="outer roboto-light" style="border-spacing:0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;color:#53565a;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;width:100%;max-width:650px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-left:10px;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>  <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="outer roboto-light" style="text-align:left;border-spacing:0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;color:#53565a;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;width:100%;max-width:650px;font-weight: 400;"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="roboto-light gray padd" style="padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;text-align:left;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;"> <center><img alt="Kickers" style="display: block;margin: 0 auto;border: 0;width: 570px;max-width: 100%;" width="570" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kickers_Sift_banner-WhiteType1.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img alt="Kickers" src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kickers_Sift_banner-WhiteType1.jpg" style="display: block;margin: 0 auto;border: 0;width: 570px;max-width: 100%;" width="570" /></noscript></center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0;padding: 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;padding: 0;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 20px 10px 10px 0;" valign="top" width="31"><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" width="21" /></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 20px 10px 10px 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;" valign="top">In an effort to curb <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ai-election-misinformation-voting-chatgpt-altman-openai-0e6b22568e90733ae1f89a0d54d64139" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">election misinformation</a>, ChatGPT and DALL-E users are no longer allowed to impersonate political candidates, campaign or discourage voting, according to new rules by OpenAI, the company that owns the popular generative AI tools.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;" valign="top" width="31"><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" width="21" /></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;" valign="top">Beware of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/think-deepfakes-are-bad-cheapfakes-are-far-more-dangerous" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">“cheapfakes”</a> — deepfake’s less polished and more believable cousin, which takes real audio, images or videos and cheaply manipulates or decontextualizes them.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;" valign="top" width="31"><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" width="21" /></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;" valign="top">Imagine receiving a robocall from President Joe Biden telling you not to vote. That’s what happened recently to New Hampshire voters, except the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/fake-joe-biden-robocall-tells-new-hampshire-democrats-not-vote-tuesday-rcna134984" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">recording appeared to be AI-generated</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;" valign="top" width="31"><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" 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src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" width="21" /></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;" valign="top">Faced with persistent Chinese disinformation — including about its recent election — Taiwan has learned that teaming up with fact-checkers and making accurate information widely accessible does more to <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/16/taiwan-election-china-disinformation-lai/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">counter falsehoods</a> than trying to ban them.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;" valign="top" width="31"><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" width="21" /></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;" valign="top">Experts say the threat to democracy in this year’s U.S. presidential election is unprecedented due to the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/disinformation-unprecedented-threat-2024-election-rcna134290" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">threat of disinformation</a> spread by a variety of sources, including new hyperpartisan news sites and election deniers in office.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;" valign="top" width="31"><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" 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sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;" valign="top">Ruth Ashton Taylor’s trailblazing career as the first woman to work as a TV newscaster on the West Coast helped <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/1225142529/trailblazing-journalist-ruth-ashton-taylor-has-died-at-the-age-of-101" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">pave the way for women in journalism</a>. She died recently at 101.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;" valign="top" width="31"><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" width="21" /></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;" valign="top">As understanding of the problem of misinformation grows and changes, <a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/01/fact-checking-journalism-is-evolving-not-stagnating/" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">fact-checkers have evolved</a> in their approaches to countering falsehoods.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;" valign="top" width="31"><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img 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width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" width="21" /></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;" valign="top">More than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/us/newspaper-stolen-ouray-colorado.html" style="color: #004f71;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">200 newspapers were stolen</a> from newspaper racks in a small Colorado town on the day the paper published a front-page story on sexual assault charges involving an alleged incident at the police chief’s house. The thief later returned the papers with an apology.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;" valign="top" width="31"><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="21" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plus-sign-2.png" width="21" /></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></noscript></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;font-family:'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#53565a;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;" valign="top">Curious about the history of modern conspiracy theories in America? 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