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This image released by the BBC shows London-based reporter Marianna Spring, who illustrated how disinformation spreads on sites like Facebook, Twitter and TikTok despite efforts to stop it, and how that impacts American politics. (Robert Timothy/BBC via AP)

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BBC tries to understand politics by creating fake Americans
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Mon,10/31/22-11:40PM , 171 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Larry, a 71-year-old retired insurance broker and Donald Trump fan from Alabama, wouldn't be likely to run into the liberal Emma, a 25-year-old graphic designer from New York City, on social media — even if they were both real.
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A woman votes in the presidential primary election at the the Summit View Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Mo., on March 10, 2020. Newspaper endorsements for candidates are fading away, a victim of both the news industry's troubles and the era's bitter politics. Earlier this month, newspapers controlled by hedge fund Alden Global Capital said they would no longer endorse candidates for president, governor and U.S. Senate. They include dozens of dailies like the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Boston Herald, Orlando Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Once key, US newspaper editorial endorsements fade away
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Wed,10/26/22-8:01AM , 174 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — 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.
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Arizona Cardinals running back Keaontay Ingram (30) celebrate his touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Nielsen, Amazon Prime spar over who really watches football
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Tue,10/25/22-12:17PM , 123 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — By the Nielsen company's count, 7.8 million people watched Amazon Prime's coverage of last Thursday's NFL game between New Orleans and Arizona. But Amazon says no, there were actually 8.9 million people watching.

So which is it?
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Infowars founder Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A Connecticut jury’s ruling that Jones pay $965 to people he targeted with Sandy Hook lies is heartening to people disgusted by the muck of disinformation. Just don’t expect conspiracy theories to go away. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

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Is Alex Jones verdict the death of disinformation? Unlikely
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Fri,10/14/22-11:11PM , 329 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — A Connecticut jury's ruling this week ordering Alex Jones to pay $965 million to parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims he maligned was heartening for people disgusted by the muck of disinformation.
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