Blinding us with fake science
June 5, 2026
Journalist Adam Penenberg examines how AI, misinformation and flawed studies are eroding trust in science and spreading unreliable research.
Journalist Adam Penenberg examines how AI, misinformation and flawed studies are eroding trust in science and spreading unreliable research.
A set of editorial cartoons satirize Trump, media conflicts, free speech, immigration, war and global politics.
Editorial cartoons depict Trump, courts, media, and global conflicts through political satire and commentary by multiple artists.
A collection of editorial cartoons exploring politics, war, AI, and culture from leading international artists.
Paul Revere’s midnight ride was mythologized by poetry, overshadowing the fuller and more complex historical truth behind it.
The once-bipartisan idea that the nation’s media should exist to serve democracy continues to fade with it, too.
On Air Fest returned to Williamsburg, highlighting podcasting’s growth and independent media’s rising influence in a shifting news landscape.
Plans for the Los Angeles-based paper call for a print edition seven days a week plus a website, social media and video and audio pieces.
A Brooklyn congressman has a key role in protecting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public media’s critical place in the U.S.
Former TV personality Carlos Watson was convicted Tuesday in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup that collapsed after another executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype the
Former TV host Carlos Watson told a jury Monday he never schemed to con backers of his Ozy Media, a once high-flying startup that crashed in a storm of doubt
BOROUGHWIDE — VIEWERS OF CURRENTS NEWS, a nightly Catholic television newscast of the Brooklyn Diocese’s DeSales Media, will have the chance to vote on their favorite “School Year in Review”
For nearly a decade, Ozy Media projected an image of new-media success. The company boasted big-name interviews, an Emmy-winning TV show, a buzzy music and ideas festival and impressive numbers to show
METROTECH — On Tuesday, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), in conjunction with NYC Media Lab (NYCML), approved the creation of NYC Game Design Future Lab, a digital gaming
Fox News is on an unlikely collision course with two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination over the rights of journalists. In defending itself against a massive defamation lawsuit
If young people are spending so much time on social media, it stands to reason that’s a good place to reach them with news. Operators of the News Movement are
Newspaper endorsements are fading away as prizes to be nabbed by political campaigns, the practice a victim of both the news industry’s troubles and the era’s bitter politics. Earlier this month, newspapers
The media organization Semafor launched on Tuesday with no less an ambition than reinventing the news story. Semafor is the brainchild of Ben Smith — former media reporter for The New York
John Miller, who has held major jobs in both justice agencies and journalism, is joining CNN as chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, the network said on Tuesday. Miller has worked
The Associated Press’ recent firing of a young reporter for what she said on Twitter has somewhat unexpectedly turned company and industry attention to the flip side of social media engagement —
The emotional center of Nicolle Wallace’s MSNBC show often comes at the very end, when statistics are set aside to tell the story of a life cut short by COVID-19.
Brooklyn-based author Elizabeth Mitchell will on Wednesday evening participate in a virtual discussion with Green-Wood historian Jeff Richman about her new book, “Lincoln’s Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through
Brooklyn Film Festival’s 23rd edition: TURNING POINT, which in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic streamed its films for free from Friday to Sunday, has announced the winners of its
On the front lines of the war on COVID-19, there are many civilian heroes going out of their way, as volunteers and contributors. Also, many who are elected to serve
The death on Monday, May 4, of Michael Armstrong, a literate political operative and innovative Brooklyn newspaper publisher, was a heart-wrenching event and a brutal demonstration of COVID-19’s lethal disjunction
Covid-19 has completely changed the way we all live. But along with worrying about keeping themselves and their families healthy, thousands of small business owners across New York state are losing sleep
Diocese donates tablets to Catholic schools To help the success of distance learning due to the spread of COVID-19, many schools in Brooklyn and Queens have received thousands of iPads
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There’s no better place to learn than Twitter. Just kidding. But in this case, Twitter helped. A Brooklyn Eagle reporter (me) asked for recommendations from the Twitterverse on books to
Subscribe to Brooklyn this Week: iTunes Spotify Stitcher This type of manipulation, known as “deepfakes,” is one of the newest ways people are spreading misinformation today. Creators alter videos by
The State Senate passed a bill on Thursday seeking a statewide ban on the massive floating billboards — “ugly” and “obnoxious” billboards, according to residents — that appeared along New
Subscribe to Brooklyn this Week: iTunes Spotify Stitcher The borough works hard to refine such technologies in its own neighborhoods for more effective and fair implementation, but some devices come
Internet media giant Netflix is building a production hub in Bushwick with six sound stages, expected to host thousands of production crew jobs within five years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced
Mayor Bill de Blasio filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to ban a 60-foot-wide advertising barge from operating around New York, but the company behind the boat claims the city
Update (3/27 at 11 a.m.): Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration filed a suit against Ballyhoo Media in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday morning, seeking to ban the company from displaying
‘New York Harbor is not Times Square’ It’s not all smooth sailing for Ballyhoo Media, the company responsible for operating New York City’s new 60-foot-wide advertising barge. On Tuesday, Zachary