Co-CEO NewsGuard @newsguardrating; former publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

Joined April 2008
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Pro-Kremlin media jumps on U.S. intelligence chief’s revival of key Kremlin talking point: That the U.S. produces bioweapons in Ukraine. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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Iran’s state media wrongly cites Reuters to claim that Elon Musk’s Starlink provides civilian internet terminals to Iranians that are guiding U.S. attack drones. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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Russia, banned from the World Cup, wins disinformation points by claiming French soccer star Mbappé accused Emmanuel Macron of sexual harassment. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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When it comes to the war in Iran, you may want to get your information from sources other than your favorite AI tool. newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor…
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What do Justin Bieber, Obama, and Diddy have in common? According to conspiracy-oriented accounts, Bieber accused Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of trafficking him to former President Obama. There is no evidence of this accusation. (Yes, we did check.) newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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A chatbot that says it provides “raw, unfiltered information,” is being used by prominent social media influencers. The unfiltered information? Conspiracy theories. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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Pro-China sources falsely claim that Anthropic’s Claude AI tool expanded access to Chinese users, a supposed sign that the Chinese market is too important to resist.
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Pro-Kremlin propagandists are fabricating phony news reports mimicking reliable news sources to falsely claim that hantavirus is spreading at an “alarming rate” in France and overwhelming its health system. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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No, Trump didn’t flip through Chinese President Xi Jinping’s notebook during their May 2026 summit when Xi wasn’t looking. In fact, Trump was looking at his own notebook. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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Miss last week’s Reality Check? Catch up with the latest Reality Check podcast, covering NewsGuard/YouGov’s recent poll on the percent of Americans who believe Trump “staged” his assassination attempts. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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Zelensky’s former press secretary, who has become an outspoken critic, advanced multiple false claims about her ex-boss in a recent interview on Tucker Carlson’s YouTube channel. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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Nearly one third of Americans — 30% — believe that at least one of the three attempts on President Donald Trump’s life over the last two years was staged. Across all three events, Democrats were far more likely than Republicans to endorse the “staged” framing.
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“Peddlers of false claims are fighting to keep their alternate reality of COVID myths alive,” NewsGuard Health Editor John Gregory writes in a commentary, as NewsGuard tracks its 600th COVID myth. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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Claude repeated false claims 15% of the time when asked about pro-Kremlin falsehoods, citing Russian state-affiliated media every time. This increase in citations suggests that, in recent months, Claude has become more vulnerable to disinfo campaigns. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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A Russian disinformation campaign faked a BBC report to make it look like Volodymyr Zelensky has a stolen (and famously missing) Paul Cézanne painting hanging in his office. The footage is doctored. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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Anti-Trump social media accounts are claiming that the White House Correspodents’ Dinner shooting was orchestrated by the Trump administration to garner sympathy for the president and distract from his unfavorable news coverage. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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Miss last week’s Reality Check? Catch up with NewsGuard’s Reality Check podcast, covering how brands are funding health hoaxes and the Russian disinformation claim that there was a microwaved Hungarian puppy. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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Pro-Iran accounts are sharing a video of an exploding ship with two false claims: that it shows Iran sinking a U.S. ship and damaging an Indian ship in the Strait of Hormuz. In reality, it shows a U.S. strike on an Iranian warship. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/…
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The Chinese Communist Party insists that it’s business as usual in Hong Kong. It isn’t. Businesses know better than to invest in a place where private assets are seized on the whims of the regime, write @MarkLClifford and @crovitz on.wsj.com/4cLbnHH
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