Attention Economy
The Epistemic Glitch: Why We Fight Over Images We Can No Longer Verify
The panic over Ariana Grande's weight is a dress rehearsal. The real performance, waged over political images we can't confirm are real, is still to come.
Allison McSorley
Disinformation
The Ad Was Fake. The Reach Was Real.
A synthetic attack ad cost a couple hundred dollars to run and reached six million people. Here’s how that happens — and how to see it coming.
Artificial Intelligence
I Use AI. Here’s Why That’s Exactly the Point.
How an independent media critic uses the machine to expose the machine.
Algorithmic Influence
Social Proof & Conformity Bias
Why we look to the crowd — and why the crowd is not what it seems
Manufactured Consent
The Government Manufactured a Crime to Justify Watching You
How a botched contract at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool became a surveillance operation, built on video no one could verify.
Media Literacy
Seen Everywhere, Checked Nowhere
What a viral World Cup story reveals about the modern information ecosystem.
Algorithmic Influence
The Invisible Editor
Algorithmic influence is designed to go unnoticed. The TikTok deal is a warning about who controls it — and who inherits it next.
Media AI Watch
Media AI Watch
The disappearing thumb on Meet The Press.
Billionaire Influence
The Billionaires Who Decide What You See
Control of American media is collapsing into a handful of owners — every one of them courting the same White House.
Media Accountability
When a Newspaper Decides the Truth Is Optional
The Washington Post editorial board defended a man whose viral, discredited claims helped fuel an operation that killed two Americans.
The Blueprint
The Illusory Truth Effect
How repetition gets turned into belief
Media Literacy
Quarantined in Nebraska, Brought to You by Heinz
The New York Times called him an influencer. The morning shows that reached millions did not.