Saranac Hale Spencer

Here for the animal videos. Related, I cover dis/misinformation for just-the-facts-ma'am-dot-org... better known as

[Saranac Hale Spencer @BySHSpencer]

Read more about it here: https://t.co/tDKFK6sJiZ

[Saranac Hale Spencer @BySHSpencer]

To be clear -- the video President Trump played yesterday in the Oval Office did not show a thousand "burial sites" for white farmers who were part of a genocide in South Africa 🧵

[Saranac Hale Spencer @BySHSpencer]

To bring attention to the issue of farm murders in a country that has high rates of violent crime: https://t.co/FglPzgdTbU

[FactCheck.org @factcheckdotorg]

It is possible, even likely, that we will not have a projected winner of the presidential race on Nov. 5 – Election Day. And that doesn’t mean there’s something nefarious going on with the vote-counting.

https://t.co/jMdxEoqxVV

#Election2024 #Pennsylvania #Arizona #Nevada

[Jared Holt @jaredlholt]

YouTube has looked the other way as leading conservative figures on the platform post lies about the election and rake in profits. On 30 channels, videos received with election misinformation drew 47M views from May-Aug
https://t.co/ursm0x4SUW

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

Love the opening line of this story: “Word tends to spread fast in rural Knox County, Ohio. But misinformation has spread faster.”

The Secret Playbook Behind Effort to Kill Solar in an Ohio County https://t.co/10UHg411UH @mirandacgreen @jsmithrichards

[Aric Toler @AricToler]

A new DoJ indictment alleges that RT employees "covertly fund[ed] and direct[ed]" a US company with $10m in order to push pro-Russia content. The company is based in Tennessee.

There is one media company based in Tennessee with the same phrase listed in the indictment...

[Philadelphia Inquirer Politics @PoliticsINQ]

Text message scam targets Pennsylvania voters, election officials warn https://t.co/QfnRPI4rLz

[The Associated Press @AP]

Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists https://t.co/8PgkzzHMIg

[Saranac Hale Spencer @BySHSpencer]

@taramurtha If you want something quirky, there's Mostly Books in Queen Village or House of Our Own Books in University City

[Marianna Spring @mariannaspring]

When two 4-year-old boys were killed - one Palestinian, one Israeli - their deaths were denied on social media.

I’ve investigated what happened to Omar and Omer, tracking down family, friends & witnesses, distressed by posts. Symbolic of information war. https://t.co/2CKrM6Igw5

[Jessica McDonald @jjmcdona]

Catch up on last night's debate with our run-down of the candidates' false and misleading statements. https://t.co/NqU5hzPOAp

Includes claims about fracking, the border wall, and yes, curtains.

[Chris Brennan @ByChrisBrennan]

Come for the Dwight Schrute quotes and Star Wars opinions — stick around for the lesson on how to spot and avoid “weaponized cruelty.”

[Brandy Zadrozny @BrandyZadrozny]

Kennedy's candidacy — you don't have to take it seriously. But we ignore him and the threat posed by the anti-vaccine movement at our own peril. https://t.co/8gWlPTmyAt

[Will Oremus @WillOremus]

So much of the debate around social media has focused on Section 230 as the obstacle to holding platforms accountable.

Today's SCOTUS decision showed it's going to be hard to sue tech companies for harmful content even *without* 230. My quick analysis: https://t.co/IJawPfeFpk

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News. We analyzed 1,150 episodes of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” to see how he promoted extremist ideas and conspiracy theories as the host of the most-watched show on prime-time cable news. Revisit our analysis from April 2022. https://t.co/8kgobIgQJ7

[FactCheck.org @factcheckdotorg]

Tucker Carlson and Fox News "have agreed to part ways." Here's our Tucker Carlson fact-checking archive: https://t.co/ekugvCgs6b

[Amarnath Amarasingam @AmarAmarasingam]

Impersonations are going to be the new norm. Keep a close eye on the actual @ and take care when retweeting and amplifying.

Welcome to the new and improved hellscape.