Thursday night, July 16th at 9pm EST, President Trump gave a speech on election integrity.… Read More →
Misinfo & Disinfo
The logical flaws in the Patrick Clancy theory arguments: ad hominem, false dilemma, appeal to authority, and more.
And who might stand to benefit.
Did Patrick Clancy actually kill his kids? We take a look at the information being spread online.
False Cause, Appeal to Complexity, and Courtier’s Reply Logical Fallacies
Minnesota cyberattacks, Google Earth deepfakes, and Anthropic’s destroying books?
More and more, it feels like social media favors misinformation over the truth, and it’s getting harder to sift through the barrage of posts to decipher what’s going on in the world.…
This week, there was a hubbub of the usual variety of 2026’s misinfo. We’re tackling a few that are still making their rounds. Is the US Merging Their Military With Israel? No.…
Disinformation (also “disinfo”) campaigns are the deliberate manipulation of information to influence thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of a targeted audience. This is different from misinformation that might be spread on accident. You…
In our contemporary world of “alternative facts” and “fake news”, it is more important and yet harder by the day to discern fact from fiction. Information Moves Fast Social media has made…