Very cool to see our "Grapevine" podcast honored with an Edward R. Murrow Award. Cheers to an incredible team, including Antonia Hylton, frannie_kelley, Julie Shapiro, Michelle Garcia, Emily Berk and Alexa Danner 🥂

What happens to a kiddie YouTuber when he becomes a teen? Is he allowed to grow up? I spoke to Ryan Kaji, the 12-year-old behind the kids' juggernaut Ryan's World, to find out: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

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The Quiet Damage by Jesselyn Cook is exceptional! It's devastating to read the amount of destruction QAnon has done to families and while it was heart-wrenching at times, it was great to read how some of those who fell down the "rabbit hole" eventually found their way out.

Jess’s book on the wreckage that #QAnon leaves in ordinary lives is fascinating and I really enjoyed talking to her. Listen.

Jesselyn Cook = 🤡

ICYMI: I sat down with Kate Snow & Ellison Barber to talk about the allure of conspiracy theories, their destructive toll on families, and the reporting behind my new book, The Quiet Damage. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706443/t…

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are keeping their children home and reporting damage to their property as anti-immigrant conspiracy theories spread, fanned by statements by Trump and Vance haitiantimes.com/2024/09/11/hai…

"What Laura Loomer is doing, with Trump's help, is just normalizing and spreading these detrimental conspiracy theories...There's real offline harm to these online conspiracy theories." Jesselyn Cook reacts to the far-right provocateur seen traveling w/ the former president.

Bomb threats at schools in Springfield were an inevitable byproduct of racist moral panics stoked by MAGA influencers. It shows how efficient influencers are at spinning up hate/fear, and the GOP’s eagerness to help them do it. My latest, for MSNBC: msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…

Important reporting with ⁦Stephen Starr⁩ - the violent racism we’re seeing on the campaign trail toward Springfield started months ago by smaller far right groups theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…

In my first magazine story for Mother Jones, I wrote about the attacks on disinformation researchers, and the ways they echo attacks on climate scientists in the '90s. One person compared it to the Red Scare: “How do we not see the historical parallels?” motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Glad I was asked to share my wisdom and insights on election-season disinformation threats, real and exaggerated, alongside Jesselyn Cook and Renée DiResta for this Stuart A. Thompson joint: nytimes.com/2024/09/17/tec…

Targeted disinformation is cheap and effective. AI turbocharges its spread. Read what three experts, Jesselyn Cook, Sasha Issenberg, and Renée DiResta, think about the impact of social media and conspiracy theories on the upcoming 2024 presidential election. nytimes.com/2024/09/17/tec…

NEW: For the last two months I've been monitoring online meetings run by a group of election deniers to organize a grassroots campaign to push conspiracies about a flood of illegal migrants voting for Kamala Harris. This week, they rolled out their plans wired.com/story/election…

New from 404 Media: someone put facial recognition on Meta's smart glasses to instantly dox strangers. You look at them, sends face to a facial recognition tool. LLM infers name, sends to people site. Gets phone number, address. I've seen it in action 404media.co/someone-put-fa…

NEW: I obtained internal emails from city government of Springfield, Ohio. These emails show the absolute chaos caused by Trump and Vance after claiming Haitian immigrants were eating pets. Threats, hateful emails, media bonanza. A nightmare. 404media.co/internal-email…

One of the most extraordinary stories of the year: Lizzie Presser's piece on the collision course between two Wisconsin teenagers. Deeply reported, beautifully told--and devastating. I had to stop several times while reading it to catch my breath. propublica.org/article/teens-…

New CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled elderly Americans into giving away millions in donations. Devastating accounts of retirees losing their life savings -- and their families' attempts to get the money back. edition.cnn.com/interactive/20…