ALI SWENSON | The Seattle Times

July 16, 2021 at 2:42 pm

FACT FOCUS: A false narrative of 74K extra votes in Arizona

Cyber Ninjas, the cybersecurity consulting firm hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to oversee a partisan review of the 2020 election, on Thursday pushed a false...

June 25, 2021 at 9:00 am

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they...

Nation & World

June 18, 2021 at 8:50 am

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they...

Dr. Michelle Rockwell, who was targeted by vaccine opponents after she posted about her miscarriage online, looks at her Instagram page with her hijacked post marked as fake news during an interview at her home Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Jenks, Okla. Individuals across the country, like Rockwell, have found themselves swept into the misinformation maelstrom, their online posts or their very identities hijacked by anti-vaccine activists and others peddling lies about the COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) NYAG901 NYAG901

May 14, 2021 at 8:59 am

The unwitting are the target of COVID-19 falsehoods online VIEW

From a movie prop master in Texas to a professor in New York, people have found themselves swept into the misinformation maelstrom, their online posts...

May 13, 2021 at 9:24 pm

Conservatives seize on gas crunch to blame Biden, stir base

A graphic calling the East Coast fuel supply crunch “Biden’s Gas Crisis.” A tweet speculating that gas stations running dry was an “INSIDE JOB.” A...

Business

A hand written sign is posted on a gas pump, showing that the service station is out of all grades of fuel Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. Several gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) NCCC103 NCCC103

May 13, 2021 at 4:31 pm

Conservatives seize on gas crunch to blame Biden, stir base

Social media posts, conservative websites and commentators are misleadingly painting the Biden administration as not only mishandling the temporary shutdown of the nation’s largest fuel...

Business

May 6, 2021 at 12:04 am

Can COVID-19 vaccines affect my period?

Can COVID-19 vaccines affect my period? It's not known, but researchers are starting to study the issue. Vaccines are designed to activate your immune system,...

FILE – In this Sept. 21, 2019, file photo when former Vice President Joe Biden was running for president, Biden works the grill during the Polk County Democrats Steak Fry in Des Moines, Iowa. President Joe Biden spent only a weekend as the “Hamburglar” in the conservative media world, but the incident illustrated the speed at which a false and damaging story can spread. The Daily Mail wrote about things that could potentially be in a Biden climate change plan, and cited an academic study that mentioned reductions in greenhouse gases that could be achieved with limits on beef consumption. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) WX203 WX203

April 27, 2021 at 9:17 pm

The Hamburglar? How a story about meat limits fell apart

The story was that President Joe Biden was trying to limit people to eating one hamburger a month — an allegation that could seriously undermine...

Entertainment

March 13, 2021 at 6:51 am

Nurses fight conspiracy theories along with coronavirus VIEW

Los Angeles emergency room nurse Sandra Younan spent the last year juggling long hours as she watched many patients struggle with the coronavirus and some...

February 26, 2021 at 11:49 am

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they...

Business