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🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Dolores Albarracín on receiving a BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for increasing “our understanding of how attitudes can be changed, particularly with regard to persuasive messages.”

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Don't forget: On March 26, @appc.upenn.edu Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson will discuss her new book, REALIZING THE PROMISE AND MINIMIZING THE PERILS OF AI FOR SCIENCE AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, in a virtual event hosted by Penn Alumni! Learn more & register today: bit.ly/4ia1V0m

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White Nationalist Group Is Still Active, Contrary to Social Media Claims www.factcheck.org/2025/03/whit... #JoeRogan #KashPatel #FBI #factcheck

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RFK Jr. Misleads on Vitamin A, Unsupported Therapies for Measles www.factcheck.org/2025/03/rfk-... #RFKJr #Measles #TexasMeaslesOutbreak #factcheck

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Standing up for science funded by the people, for the people! #StandUpForScience2025

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In the midst of a growing measles outbreak in Texas that has killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has misleadingly focused on vitamin A, including from cod liver oil, and two non-standard medications as treatments for measles. www.factcheck.org/2025/03/rfk-...

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White Nationalist Group Is Still Active, Contrary to Social Media Claims www.factcheck.org/2025/03/whit... #JoeRogan #KashPatel #FBI #factcheck

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How a "conspiracy mindset" promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it. In Frontiers in Communication, by Dan Romer & Kathleen Hall Jamieson www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/how-a-conspi... @upenn.edu @asc.upenn.edu

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How a "conspiracy mindset" promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it. In Frontiers in Communication, by Dan Romer & Kathleen Hall Jamieson www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/how-a-conspi... @upenn.edu @asc.upenn.edu

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FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress: Trump on Fentanyl Smuggling www.factcheck.org/2025/03/fact... #DonaldTrump #TrumpAddress #factcheck #Mexico #Canada

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Trump Exaggerates on U.S. and European Aid to Ukraine, Loans www.factcheck.org/2025/03/trum... #DonaldTrump #Ukraine #Russia #Zelenskyy #factcheck

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RFK Jr. Minimizes Measles Outbreak in Texas www.factcheck.org/2025/02/rfk-... #RFKJr #Measles #Texas #TexasMeaslesOutbreak #factcheck

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Posts Share Bogus Audio of Donald Trump Jr. Supporting Arms for Russia, Not Ukraine www.factcheck.org/2025/02/post...

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RFK Jr. Minimizes Measles Outbreak in Texas www.factcheck.org/2025/02/rfk-...

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Online Posts Misconstrue Data on Social Security Numbers www.factcheck.org/2025/02/onli... #ElonMusk #SocialSecurity #factcheck

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@theguardian.com notes that APPC surveys show that the % of respondents who believe vaccines are unsafe ⬆️ from 9% in April 2021 to 16% in the fall of 2023. www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

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Note to our #sschat #edchat #apgov friends. Tomorrow our ep on Times v Sullivan comes out, and @appc.upenn.edu is giving away 50 copies of Samantha Barbas' book, Actual Malice, to educators who sign up for the Civics Renewal Network newsletter. Please share! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Join our director, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, and @pennpress.bsky.social next month for this talk on #AI and #science! Details below. Learn more about the book at: www.pennpress.org/978151282748...

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FactChecking RFK Jr.’s First Interview as HHS Secretary, Part 1 www.factcheck.org/2025/02/fact... #RFKJr #factcheck

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Trump’s Exaggeration of Federal Work from Home www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trum... #DonaldTrump #RemoteWork #DOGE #WorkFromHome #factcheck

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President Donald Trump made the exaggerated claim that federal office space is “occupied by 4%” of federal workers to bolster his argument for dramatically downsizing the federal workforce and demanding that most workers return to the office full time. #DonaldTrump #DOGE #WorkFromHome #factcheck

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Trump, Online Posts Misrepresent Government Subscriptions to News Services www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trum... via @factcheck.org

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As President Donald Trump’s administration targets the U.S. Agency for International Development for closure or major downsizing, the White House and social media posts have highlighted four projects as examples of the agency’s “waste and abuse.” But only one was funded by USAID. (1/2)

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As President Donald Trump’s administration targets the U.S. Agency for International Development for closure or major downsizing, the White House and social media posts have highlighted four projects as examples of the agency’s “waste and abuse.” But only one was funded by USAID.

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As justification for dismantling the federal Department of Education, President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that U.S. schools are “ranked 40 out of 40” in educational outcomes compared with other countries, while the U.S. “ranked No. 1 in cost per pupil.” Neither claim is accurate.

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What to Know About Trump’s Executive Order on Wind Energy (1/2) www.factcheck.org/2025/02/what... #DonaldTrump #WindEnergy #WindTurbines #factcheck

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Social Media Posts Misidentify Pilot Killed in Midair Collision Over D.C. www.factcheck.org/2025/02/soci... #factcheck

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Here, we explain the facts behind several more of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims during his two Senate hearings as nominee for Health and Human Services secretary. www.factcheck.org/2025/02/fact...

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On his first day in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that attempts to slow the growth in the country’s wind generation capacity. We’ll explain what the order did and what Trump has said about wind energy. www.factcheck.org/2025/02/what...

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@factcheck.org : RFKJr cited flawed paper in bid to justify vaccine-autism link. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/factcheck-or...

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📣HOT OFF THE PRESS is Connections: A Year at Annenberg, our new annual magazine which captures the extensive research, collaborative work, teaching, and community building our school is engaged in: www.asc.upenn.edu/connections-...

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"What to Know About Trump’s Executive Order on Wind Energy" | Important backgrounder from my colleagues at @appc.upenn.edu @factcheck.org: www.factcheck.org/2025/02/what...

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Free & online! A new video series backed by our LAIC civics program and produced by the @abaesq.bsky.social's divisions of Public Education & Standing Comte on Law and Natsec offers short lessons for military members on civics & the Constitution. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/new-aba-vide...

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Thanks, @caulfieldtim.bsky.social!

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Calling it a "flawed paper" too kind. Paper in a bunk journal (an antivaxx fanzine) run by hardcore antivaxxers & authored by people from a mysterious "institute" Kennedy Cites Flawed Paper in Bid to Justify Vaccine-Autism Link www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/factcheck-or...

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Thanks @nypost.com for covering our new survey findings.

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New from @bruceylee.bsky.social , including info from @factcheck.org - RFK Jr. cites problematic paper. #vaccine

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RFK Jr., Cites Problematic Paper In HHS Senate Confirmation Hearing Here I wrote for @forbes.com about the issues with this paper 🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

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7 in 10 US adults favor school #vaccination mandates, but support for opt-outs rising Yet 84% said they would back their state using public funds to provide free or discounted measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c... Photo: PAHO / Flickr cc

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HHS nominee RFK Jr. cited a flawed paper at his confirmation hearing last week in a bid to justify a link between vaccines and autism. Read about this and Kennedy's other claims in this roundup of stories by @factcheck.org www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/factcheck-or...

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No Evidence for the Political Finger-Pointing Over D.C. Plane Crash www.factcheck.org/2025/01/no-e...

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Thanks so much Dawn!!!

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73% of U.S. adults support a mandatory policy for parents to vaccinate their children against preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella. This includes 86% of Democrats, 72% of independents/other, and 62% of Republicans. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-america...

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73% of U.S. adults support a mandatory policy for parents to vaccinate their children against preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella. This includes 86% of Democrats, 72% of independents/other, and 62% of Republicans. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-america...

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Kennedy Repeats False and Misleading Claims in Confirmation Hearing (1/3) www.factcheck.org/2025/01/kenn... #RFKJr #factcheck

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Confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services begin today. Here's a look back at our November story summarizing our past work fact-checking Kennedy’s claims about health and science. www.factcheck.org/2024/11/as-t... #RFKJr #factcheck

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In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated claims we have written about before on vaccines and chronic disease. www.factcheck.org/2025/01/kenn...

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