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Bill Adair @billadair.com · 9d

Smart and thorough analysis from @ninajankowicz.com: Jim Jordan Claims Google Censored Conservatives. His Own Committee’s Work Shows Otherwise. wiczipedia.substack.com/p/jim-jordan...

Jim Jordan Claims Google Censored Conservatives. His Own Committee’s Work Shows Otherwise.

Google execs’ interviews before the House Judiciary Committee show no evidence of “censorship” or government coercion - so who’s lying?

wiczipedia.substack.com

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · 23d

Why does Microsoft do this? Every day (???), it sends an "Reaction Daily Digest" email that summarizes the "thumbs-ups" (and, I guess, other emojis) that I have received that day. What value is that email, coming hours after a respondent sent them?

Bill Adair @billadair.com · Aug 20

A smart and simple fact-check. To check Trump's claim that the Smithsonian has "nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future," PolitiFact fact-checkers simply toured the museums. Pants on Fire. www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Trump is wrong: Smithsonian does feature success, brightness

President Donald Trump attacked the Smithsonian Institution for being “woke” and giving no attention to “success,” “brightness” and the “future.” Visiting several of the most popular museums, we found...

www.politifact.com

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Aug 15

Hey Chicago! Come and see me Sept. 6 at Printers Row Lit Fest! I'll be discussing lying in politics and misinformation with @barbmcquade.bsky.social‬! -- moderated by the Chicago Tribune's ‪@jake-sheridan.bsky.social‬!

Bill Adair @billadair.com · Aug 12

Three news alerts, three different takes

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Aug 1

Great lede here from @joshuabenton.com: "Alden Global Capital just can’t understand. Why would any newspaper not want to be the next to pass through its digestive tract?" www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/alde...

Alden Global Capital is miffed that The Dallas Morning News won’t offer itself up for disembowelment

The hedge fund threatens to shift their takeover bid to shareholders — while trying to sweet-talk the only shareholder that matters.

www.niemanlab.org

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Jun 26

Some thoughts on Google’s announcement ending the use of ClaimReview in search:

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Jun 20

A lot of people believed Meta's decision to end its support of fact-checkers would lead to a dramatic decline. But that hasn't happened, at least not yet, according to the latest census by the Duke Reporters' Lab. reporterslab.org/2025/06/19/f...

2025 census: Fact-checkers persevere as politicians, platforms turn up heat - Reporters' Lab

In its annual census, the Duke Reporters’ Lab counts 443 active fact-checking projects, down about 2 percent so far from 2024.

reporterslab.org

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Jun 12

Isn't this the result for, like, everything? Every issue, every question that begins, "Do you support President Trump..."

Bill Adair @billadair.com · Jun 5

I was watching a video on Spotify today and I realized… that I was watching a video on Spotify. It has become a platform for music + audiobooks + podcasts + now, podcasts with video. It’s the everything platform.

Bill Adair @billadair.com · May 23

From @glennkessler.bsky.social, anatomy of a flip-flop: How Trump has changed his claims that he can end the Russian invasion of Ukraine. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | Trump’s flip-flop on how easy it would be to end the Russia-Ukraine war

The president has gone from a “24-hour” deal to “back away” in just a few months.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · May 15

A great fact-check by Grace Abels and some other tremendous actors. www.instagram.com/reel/DJo946k...

Bill Adair @billadair.com · May 7

I lied to a guy on national TV. So I decided to track him down and say I was sorry. This is the story of my search. www.cjr.org/analysis/pol...

Brian from Michigan

Thirteen years ago, I lied to a guy named Brian on national television. So I decided to find him and apologize.

www.cjr.org

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Apr 29

Anybody know how long Trump has been in office? I'd love to see some coverage of that...

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Apr 20

Ran into John from @themountaingoats.bsky.social exactly where you'd expect a big rock star on a Saturday night, in the parking lot of Target, where he was shopping for Easter candy. What a smart, wonderful guy. Reminded me why I love the Goats.

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Mar 28

“I would like to say one more thing,” Chávez said. “Again to our trans students, we see you and we love you.” 9thstreetjournal.org/2025/03/28/d...

Durham school board vows to support transgender students - 9th Street Journal

At a time when the transgender community feels under attack at the federal and state level, the Durham school board is taking a public stand…

9thstreetjournal.org

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Mar 25

Journalists who use "[timely word]gate" in a headline should be suspended without pay for a week. Today's example: "Signalgate."

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Mar 23

Not sure how new this is, but the NYT's Athletic now has a button so you can directly bet on teams. The gap between journalism and gambling keeps narrowing.

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Mar 20

My Newswriting students are reading one of my favorite works of student journalism, @carmela.bsky.social's "I watched all 162 crashes at the Can Opener," which then led me to watch way too many YouTube videos. But a fun way to spend an afternoon! 9thstreetjournal.org/2021/04/13/i...

I watched all 162 crashes at the Can Opener. Here’s what I saw. - 9th Street Journal

To understand Durham's most notorious location for crashes, I watched every video. I identified three types: the Curious Cat, the Bullet, and the Barbershop Shave.

9thstreetjournal.org

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Mar 19

NYT using crowdsourcing for coverage of JFK assassination files.

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Mar 17

I always worry when I see an obit for Bill Adair - until I realize it’s not me.

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Mar 14

Interesting addition to my Google search results that I haven’t seen before

Bill Adair @billadair.com · Mar 13

A student used "literally" in a paper, which gave me an excuse to watch this youtu.be/gYB-dM2Tsd0?...

Literally Every Time Chris Traeger Says "Literally" | Parks and Recreation

YouTube video by Parks and Recreation

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Mar 12

This is tremendous news. The amazing @edeggans.bsky.social becoming Knight professor at Washington & Lee. columns.wlu.edu/eric-deggans...

Eric Deggans Named Knight Chair in Journalism and Media Ethics at W&L

Eric Deggans, television critic, media analyst and guest host with NPR, has been selected to serve as the next John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Journalism and Media Ethics at Washington and Lee…

columns.wlu.edu

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Bill Adair @billadair.com · Mar 9

If you’re at SXSW, stop by Monday for my conversation about lying in politics with Nina Jankowicz! We’ll discuss Nina’s ordeal, which I recounted in Beyond the Big Lie, the patterns of lying and ideas to curb our lying epidemic. 11:30 a.m. in the Marriott’s Waller Ballroom D.

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