A new study from the University of Utah finds up to three-quarters of us overestimate our ability to spot fake news stories — and the worse we are, the more likely we are to share misinformation. The study has been getting a lot of attention at a time when polls show millions of Americans convinced of conspiracies about everything from vaccine safety to the results of the last election. It’s a conundrum for those of us in the real news, but also for people like Trudi Jacobson of the University at Albany. The distinguished librarian is head of UAlbany’s information literacy department.
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The House is launching a new investigation of the January 6 Capitol siege. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named six fellow Democrats to what...
We preview the upcoming 2022 legislative session with New York state Assemblywoman Pat Fahy, a Democrat from Albany who chairs the banking committee.