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Frauke Becker
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Health Economist, Professor of Business Administration and Economics, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Personal account - all views my own! She/Her
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Important research investigating politics and misinformation: used 32M tweets from politicians in 26 countries, spanning 6 years and several election periods. Radical-right populism was the STRONGEST determinant of those who spread misinformation.
When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries - Petter Törnberg, Juliana Chueri, 2025
The spread of misinformation has emerged as a global concern. Academic attention has recently shifted to emphasize the role of political elites as drivers of mi...
journals.sagepub.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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CNN has now confirmed this.

www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...
January 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Elon Musk zeigte offensichtlich den Hitlergruß. Dass viele Medien sich nicht trauen, das auszusprechen, hilft den Rechtsextremen, die das leichter leugnen können. Und die Diskussion darüber soll ablenken. www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/hi...
Hitlergruß: So spielen die Medien das Spiel von Musk
Elon Musk zeigte offensichtlich den Hitlergruß. Dass viele Medien sich nicht trauen, das auszusprechen, hilft den Rechtsextremen. Und die Diskussion darüber lenkt von Trumps Politik ab.
www.volksverpetzer.de
January 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Press release: what does a Trump presidency mean for Europe?
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Expert on US and EU affairs Lord Kerr of Kinlochard in online conversation with Alyn Smith
Press release: what does a Trump presidency mean for Europe?
bylines.scot
January 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Speak up for Puffins!

Scotland’s seabirds are struggling. Their numbers have halved since the 1980s.

But we can turn this around. Tell the Scottish Government to take urgent action now.

Add your voice: https://action.rspb.org.uk/page/154240/action/1?ea.tracking.id=RSPB_Scotland_Bluesky
December 20, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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Musk’s tweeting behaviour mapped.

Notice both the hours and the intensity. It’s clearly an addiction bundled in with spiralling narcissism. Will be interesting to see if there is a crash at some point.
November 29, 2024 at 10:33 AM