Peter Adams
@peteradams.bsky.social
Head of research & design at the News Literacy Project. newslit.org RumorGuard.org Checkology.org
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“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.
⚠️ As our recent survey revealed, 84% of 750 teens surveyed express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days.
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.
apnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“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.
⚠️ As our recent survey revealed, 84% of 750 teens surveyed express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days.
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Oxford University Press names “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025.
'Rage bait’ named Oxford University Press word of year as outrage fuels social media traffic in 2025
The phrase refers to online content that is "deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive," with the aim of driving traffic to a particular social media account.
nbcnews.to
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oxford University Press names “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025.
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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
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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
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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
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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🇨🇦🚜 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
Read more: u.afp.com/Shff
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
🇨🇦🚜 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
Read more: u.afp.com/Shff
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While the White House has restored access to Associated Press photographers, it continues to exclude AP reporters from the presidential press pool.
Trump Welcomes A.P.’s Photographers. Its Reporters? Not So Much.
The White House now has conflicting approaches for Associated Press journalists as it fights the news service in court over access to presidential events.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
While the White House has restored access to Associated Press photographers, it continues to exclude AP reporters from the presidential press pool.
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
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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.
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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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November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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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
Fact Check: Trump Reading 'State Your Name' Was NOT A Gaffe While Swearing In U.S. Military Enlistees -- It's How It's Done
Did Donald Trump mistakenly read "state your name" instead of using his own name while swearing in newly enlisted U.S. troops during the half-time of a Washington Commanders - Detroit Lions game? No, that's not true: Prompting "state your name"...
leadstories.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Fact Check: Trump Reading 'State Your Name' Was NOT A Gaffe While Swearing In U.S. Military Enlistees -- It's How It's Done
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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
Daughter comes out of school with a brand new Dodgers hat and I ask her where she got it.
"Oh this guy Will Smith from the Dodgers read us a story at school today"
"Oh this guy Will Smith from the Dodgers read us a story at school today"
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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
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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.
![Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:
“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreickzwdynkak7r4lur6afktglm3gontqsq5r5c7jeewyecyd4dczla@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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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 chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals – DW – 10/22/2025
www.dw.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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.
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"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..."
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#AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
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"When people don’t know what to trust, they end up trusting nothing at all..."
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#AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
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AI Assistants Get News Wrong 45% of the Time, Study Finds
gizmodo.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"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
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"When people don’t know what to trust, they end up trusting nothing at all..."
gizmodo.com/ai-assistant...
#AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
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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."
Not sure what the TV is showing but seems like the websites are covering it. Language is "huge crowds," and "millions expected across nation."
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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."
Not sure what the TV is showing but seems like the websites are covering it. Language is "huge crowds," and "millions expected across nation."
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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.
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Public Health Is Outgunned: A Conversation w Science Communicators Katelyn Jetelina and Jessica Steier
Podcast Episode · Why Should I Trust You? · 10/09/2025 · 1h 15m
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October 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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.
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“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
How Teachers Can Talk to Students About Charlie Kirk's Assassination
Avoiding discussion of difficult topics in school is a missed learning opportunity.
www.edweek.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“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
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“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 ⤵️
@edweek.org story ⤵️
How Teachers Can Talk to Students About Charlie Kirk's Assassination
Avoiding discussion of difficult topics in school is a missed learning opportunity.
www.edweek.org
September 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“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 ⤵️
@edweek.org story ⤵️
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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.
Update from Michael Levenson
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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.
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September 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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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...
Trust in elections rises after ‘inoculations’ meant to preempt false fraud claims
New U.S.-Brazil study points to ways of countering election misinformation, political scientists say
www.science.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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
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#chooseetobecurious