Perhaps the clearest explanation of what I (and many colleagues in the field of misinformation studies) have been facing over the past year. Hardest media interview I’ve ever done. The journalist really worked to get to the bottom & the heart of the story: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... - ThreadSky

katestarbird.bsky.social • 448 days ago

Perhaps the clearest explanation of what I (and many colleagues in the field of misinformation studies) have been facing over the past year. Hardest media interview I’ve ever done. The journalist really worked to get to the bottom & the heart of the story: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/attacked-by-conservatives-uw-misinformation-researcher-gears-up-for-2024/

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strepsirrhini.bsky.social•447 days ago

Thank you for your continued work in the face of this assault on truth, and attacks on you personally. ✊🏻

alexalvarova.substack.com•445 days ago

Thank you for your work, Ms. Starbird. Or better put: Thank you for your service.

analydia.net•447 days ago

It's particularly satisfying to see that Seattle Times still has at least a few reporters doing quality original work - so much of the content is now repurposed NYT content. Seattle deserves a first-class newspaper, even if the editorial board leaves something to be desired.

erosalie.infoepi.com•448 days ago

You're not allowed to talk about your testimony? Wow.

katestarbird.bsky.social•448 days ago

Nope. Something about “interfering in a congressional investigation”.

erosalie.infoepi.com•448 days ago

And all while they say whatever they want about you in public. I'm so sorry this is happening to you. Is there anything fellow researchers can do to help you?

katestarbird.bsky.social•447 days ago

Indeed. Plus, they get to keep the transcripts and the video and chop them up and use them however they wish… and they don’t even give my team advance notice so that we can respond. It’s nasty.

tonydaniel.bsky.social•448 days ago

Did you agree with that argument? Make them prove it. Who gets to decide? Seems like an infringement on your 1st Amendment rights. Is the investigation ongoing? Seems they could keep it active indefinitely to stifle your work.

pmwearinghats.bsky.social•448 days ago

Fight on 👊🏽

rruth.bsky.social•444 days ago

Do you need funds for legal defense? You are doing heroic work.

jonesj.bsky.social•447 days ago

Out of my professional
dealings with "information" –
once that thing
gets complicated beyond
easy old reduction to zero or one
there's lotsa hit and mis

emjay.bsky.social•447 days ago

Modern day hero in action in real life every day. Marvel’s got nothing on Starbird.

mclainangela.bsky.social•447 days ago

Thank you. You are brave to speak out. I remember your NCAA knee-pad days and salute you for your tenacity then, and now.

trevoramueller.bsky.social•447 days ago

Truth is important, and not enough people are able to distinguish fact from fiction these days. Thank you for being an advocate

radlein.bsky.social•447 days ago

As an aside: OMG you're THAT Kate Starbird?!

Related: What, did I assume there were OTHER Kate Starbirds out there? 🤔

katestarbird.bsky.social•447 days ago

There’s at least one. And if anyone knows her, please tell her I am so sorry…

analydia.net•447 days ago

And there's the Starbird Road exit on I5 near Conway...

katestarbird.bsky.social•447 days ago

Distant cousins, those Starbirds. ;)

bikesalsa.bsky.social•447 days ago

Hey! I wondered about that. It's my favorite road name to see going north. It's just a really pretty name, Starbird.

irahyman.bsky.social•447 days ago

I’ve wondered that the last few years on my drives to and from Seattle. I figured it was from your bball days or something. Like, you used to be famous.

katestarbird.bsky.social•447 days ago

Not that famous! I think there was a branch of the Starbirds (now 7th cousins or something) that moved out from Maine or Vermont to NW Washington … part of the same group that named Arlington, WA.

irahyman.bsky.social•447 days ago

And yes I only met you once you became a way cool college professor. Took me some time to connect the two Kate Starbirds as a single individual.

wesinjapan.bsky.social•447 days ago

There is another Wes Cheek. He played running back for Liberty University. I take a small degree of satisfaction in that.

radlein.bsky.social•447 days ago

The only other Ray Radlein ever, as far as I can tell, was the uncle I was named after

tobiasharris.bsky.social•447 days ago

Don't even get me started on sharing names with a public figure.

alaska.bsky.social•448 days ago

Nina is a good one, and so are you.

katestarbird.bsky.social•448 days ago

She asks HARD questions. But she did a good job distilling a complicated story.

1789jam.bsky.social•447 days ago

Thanks for posting this - it will go onto my uni Fake New course syllabus this spring. #FakeNews

alicirone.bsky.social•447 days ago

Ugh, that is so hard. Thanks for all the great work you do!

jakelam2116.bsky.social•447 days ago

This was a really good piece. Appreciate the work you do, Kate!

jrmorber.bsky.social•447 days ago

Thank you for speaking with this reporter about your work. I know this story took time and toll on you as a source, but it is so important. If you ever want to speak to local science journalists about how to cover and combat misinformation, pls let me know.

cptbuk.bsky.social•447 days ago

Can we take a moment to appreciate how cyberpunk "an ex-athlete named Starbird gets suppressed by the government for exposing social media fascists" sounds?

Shame about the twitter data, this sounds like the kind of reasearch we need to co-exist under modern communications technology.

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