Excellent guide to debunking misinformation about coronavirus.
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- The importance of not sharing misinformation, which is easy to do during a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic.
- How to debunk coronavirus conspiracy theories.
- YouTube has become a breeding ground for conspiracy theories about coronavirus.
- This is a really helpful resource from the World Health Organization.
- Should the press continue to air the president's briefings during the coronavirus pandemic if he is stating falsehoods and misinforming the public?
- The March 23, 2020, issue of The Sift® newsletter, which includes a rundown of coronavirus misinformation.
- NLP's Peter Adams is quoted in this article about health experts embracing social media to get correct information to the American public.
- How to cope with information overload during the coronavirus pandemic.
- The PolitiFact newsletter about coronavirus.
- Valerie Strauss of The Washington Post features sections of this week's The Sift® newsletter about coronavirus misinformation.
- Coronavirus has presented the world with our first social media pandemic. Excellent article that quotes NLP's Peter Adams and provides tips for telling fact from fiction as you browse your social feed …
- Check out our new webpage dedicated to getting smart about coronavirus misinformation. Bookmark this for updated resources on being news-literate about the pandemic, including charts, graphics, tools, …
- The importance of practicing information hygiene during the coronavirus pandemic.
- China is banning U.S. journalists as it retaliates for the State Department banning Chinese state media earlier this year.
