Sam Howard
samuelhhoward.bsky.social
Sam Howard
@samuelhhoward.bsky.social
Journalist for @newsguard.bsky.social
"One of the U.S. government’s new advisors on vaccine recommendations, Dr. Robert Malone ... has personally pushed 13 claims from NewGuard’s Misinformation Fingerprints database of provably false claims" www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/the-myths-...
The Myths Promoted by a New CDC Vaccine Advisor
Dr. Robert Malone has promoted 13 provably false claims from NewsGuard’s database
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@mcuban.bsky.social told @newsguard.bsky.social: "It’s messed up. I spend too much time reporting this stuff to the [Federal Trade Commission.] I hope they get busted." www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/tiktok-hos...
TikTok Hosts Deceptive ‘Shark Tank’ Clips — for Profit
TikTok accounts looking to trick users into buying their products have been misrepresenting “Shark Tank” panelist Mark Cuban’s investment decisions, NewsGuard found
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NewsGuard found that the false claims range from the bizarre — such as the claim that Trump cut off Obama from receiving royalties for the name 'Obamacare' — to the policy-oriented, such as the claim that Trump canceled taxes on overtime pay. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/100-days-1...
100 Days, 134 Million Views of False Claims About Trump
NewsGuard has identified 20 false claims about President Trump during the launch of his second administration — most of them pushed by his supporters
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We are living in an extremely fun era of distance running.
12:44.09!!! INDOOR 5000M WORLD RECORD BY GRANT FISHER!! WOW!!!

The previous indoor 5000m record was 12:49.60 by Kenenisa Bekele in 2004.

That's two world records in the past week for him.

HE DID THAT.
February 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek’s new chatbot failed to provide accurate information about news and information topics 83 percent of the time, scoring 10th out of 11 in comparison to its leading Western competitors, a NewsGuard audit found. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/deepseek-d...
DeepSeek Debuts with 83 Percent ‘Fail Rate’ in NewsGuard’s Chatbot Red Team Audit
The new Chinese AI tool finished 10th out of 11 industry players
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New from @newsguard.bsky.social: "If Meta applies the same technology and rules for applying community notes to posts that it has used for fact checker-generated labels, the results are likely to be no more promising." www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/special-re...
Before Shutdown, Meta’s Fact-Checking Program Only Labeled 14 Percent of Russian, Chinese, and Iranian Disinformation Posts
Flaws in process could spill over into coming community notes system — with worse results
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"When private people or private companies speak, it's called editing — not censorship. If the NY Times or NPR decides that this interview is wrong or that I'm not being responsible, you have a responsibility to edit me out. That's your job." www.npr.org/2025/01/08/n...
NewsGuard co-founder Steven Brill discusses Meta's move to end fact-checking
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook and Instagram would drop fact-checking. NPR talks with Steven Brill of NewsGuard, where journalists rate the reliability of news sources, about the move.
www.npr.org
January 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM