Journalists report facts, it's not their job to rebut every insane conspiracy theory that's dreamed up as a counter-narrative. We're collectively getting dumber b/c the reality-based 1/2 of the world is being asked to fact-check the fantastical half, at expense of new knowledge.

Last week , I reported how the children of convicted Soviet spy Ethel Rosenberg obtained a 74 year old NSA document they say proves their mother was wrongly convicted and executed. Rep James McGovern told me that based on this new evidence he was going to ask President Biden to

Where did Trump voters get their news? 📰 Yes, there's social and partisan sites, but there is another influential strategy that isn't getting enough attention: Manipulated, pay-to-play and all out fake news sites I've been covering a mix of those for years. Here's a primer 🧵

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The refusal of our political leaders and major media outlets to talk about this stuff continues to leave the field open for Covid deniers, anti-vaxxers and a whole host of other conspiracy theorists and grifters.

Meanwhile in Russia: Putin's presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev said, "To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. As a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them."

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It’s been reported that the suspect was captured on cctv carrying what looked like a e-bike battery & so there’s talk about whether he was going home to recharge it. Anyone who owns an e-bike knows you never leave your bike with the battery in it. cnn.com/2024/12/04/us/…

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I wish these documentaries asked deeper questions. Can we explore the fact that Mangione, with health problems & no apparent job, turned 26 & then went dark. What happens at 26? Your parents’ health insurance expires. rollingstone.com/product-recomm…

For exactly 10 hours, we have been posting about the attack on Kamal Odwan Hospital, from targeting the main gate to blowing up a booby-trapped vehicle and opening fire at the patients and doctors. And not a single “major” (or even minor) western TV or newspaper mentioned a

Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy just sent out a memo directing staff to "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average"

Last month, Capt. Lobach escorted fashion designer Ralph Lauren at the White House when he received his Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Two days later, this video has now racked up 4 million views, 32,000 retweets and 74,000 likes. And there's still not a community note on it to clarify that this is a fake New York Post video and there's zero evidence for the claim about USAID, Time and Zelensky.

Picked up my notebook this morning — full of notes from a recent reporting trip — and got hit with another wave of grief over all the stories that now won't be told. I'm looking for work, preferably in Kyiv, should anyone need a dogged, empathetic reporter. DM/email.