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When—and Why—Fact-Checking Cannot Stop Alternative Facts

Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Correct numbers alone cannot stop charismatic politicians using convincing narratives, even if the latter are based on “alternative facts.”     Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to President...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (June 30–July 7)

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Scott Pruitt resigns from the EPA; a new report finds that digital platforms are not fully complying with the EU’s new privacy rules; Google,...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (June 23–30)

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The Supreme Court's Ohio v. American Express has few admirers; the financial disclosure of the new director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection reveals a...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (June 16–23)

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AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner continues to make waves; a New York federal judge says the entire Consumer of Financial Protection Bureau needs to...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (June 8–16)

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The AT&T-Time Warner merger is approved, further fueling the media merger frenzy and providing the Second Gilded Age with “another layer of gold”; net...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (May 26–June 2)

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Google gives up Project Maven following "terrible" backlash; angry Facebook shareholders demand an end to Mark Zuckerberg's "dictatorship"; American startups are in a 13-year slump; and Italy...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (May 19–26)

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Trump signs the largest rollback of financial regulations since the 2008 crisis into law; Zuckerberg masterfully evades the questions of European parliamentarians; Amazon has...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (May 12-May 19)

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Wells Fargo is in hot water again; President Trump reportedly pushed the US Postmaster General to double the rate that Amazon pays to ship...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (May 4–May 12)

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A whistleblower alleges fraud in the audits of Silicon Valley companies; AT&T acknowledges that hiring Michael Cohen was a "bad mistake"; new analysis finds that...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (April 28–May 4)

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George Mason University faces controversy over its relationship with donors; the former CEO of Volkswagen is charged in relation to the company’s diesel emissions...
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