AI Struggles to Detect False Information Because Finding Truth is a Word Problem, Not a Math Problem
Read Time: 15 minutes TL;DR (aka Executive Summary) Text-Generative AI often produces content that is false, because fundamentally, it is...
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Love is in the…News?
Read Time: 5 minutes So, we’ve finally packed up our winter holiday decorations (the outside lights, ugh) and now we...
Years in the Making: the Media Bias Chart Story
Read Time: 10 minutes Hey, happy new year! Let’s celebrate and take a moment to look back at the history...
Turn that Holiday Nay into a Holiday Yay!
Read Time: 8 minutes Well, friends, we made it. We recovered from the sugar rush of Halloween, we voted, and...
Midterm Elections 2022
Read Time: 8 minutes For you, is it all about the swag? That little sticker that says “I voted!”? I...
Back to School with the Media Bias Chart
Read Time: 7 minutes The amount of supplies that my kid needed to bring to her first day of second...
What is News Literacy and Why is it Important?
In today’s media landscape, we’re bombarded by news from a variety of sources — some legitimate, some not. Much of...
Is the Media Bias Chart…Biased?
Is the Media Bias Chart…biased? YES. Like all humans, and all organizations run by humans, Ad Fontes Media is biased....
Where Can I Find Resources for Media Literacy Lesson Planning?
Read Time: 10 minutes Media Literacy Picture this: you see a potato chip company’s commercial for their product, but no...
Why News Quality and Bias Matter to Advertisers and Brand Managers
Read Time: 10 minutes Since I wrote a more detailed version of this blog a year ago, much has changed. However,...
What is Media Literacy and Why is it Important?
It’s easy to get lost in the simplicity of a definition, but let’s break it down. There are two components...
What the ACRL Blog Critique Misses About the Media Bias Chart®
*I am the Founder and CEO of Ad Fontes Media and the original creator of the Media Bias Chart®. I...
Junk Food and Junk News: The Case for “Information Fitness”
We, as humans, have basic needs for several things. One of them is food. Another is information. We are always,...
