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Misinformation is everywhere online and becoming even more widespread as Election Day approaches. NBCLX’s Clark Fouraker explains how to spot misinformation as well as how to clean your social media feeds to avoid encountering fake news.

A new poll by the Gallup and the Knight Foundation took the nation’s pulse on opinions related to the news media. It revealed that majority of Americans feel less informed and are flooded with too many news options.

A new study by the Knight Foundation and Gallup finds that Americans’ distrust of the news media only seems to be worsening

Journalists covering the nationwide protests against police brutality have been targets of police themselves, with law enforcement tear gassing, shooting at and arresting reporters and leaving one journalist permanently blind.

One of New Zealand’s largest media organizations is being sold for a single dollar to its chief executive

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders is sounding the alarm that the coronavirus pandemic poses a threat for press freedom around the world.

News organizations must walk a fine line in covering coronavirus.

The publisher of the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and dozens of other newspapers across the country is filing for bankruptcy protection. McClatchy Co.’s 30 newsrooms, including The Charlotte Observer, The News & Observer in Raleigh, and The Star-Telegram in Fort Worth, will continue to operate as usual as the publisher reorganizes under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. But the…

The MuslimGirl.com website was started by a New Jersey teenager in her bedroom as a way to defy Muslim stereotypes after 9/11. A decade later, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh has built it into an online magazine with a global audience. The site covers everything from how it feels to be the only woman wearing a hijab at a kickboxing class, to beauty...

Disney says its new Disney Plus streaming service doesn’t have a security breach, but some users have been shut out after hackers tried to break into their accounts.

The Supreme Court seems likely to overturn a lower court ruling in favor of an African-American media mogul and comedian who’s suing cable giant Comcast for racial discrimination. The justices appeared to be in broad agreement Wednesday that an appeals court applied the wrong legal standard in allowing business owner Byron Allen’s suit against Comcast to go forward. Allen has...

A century after the Black Sox scandal that tarnished the World Series and ushered in major changes in baseball, the notion that millionaire ballplayers would take money to throw a game — much less the World Series — is all but unthinkable. But that doesn’t mean cheating in baseball is a thing of the past, and there are still concerns...

Stephen Curry may be a sharpshooting three-time NBA champion, but he is quickly building a career away from the court to inspire the masses through his burgeoning production company. The Golden State Warriors superstar is strategically producing content that focuses on sports, family and faith through Unanimous Media , which he co-founded with Jeron Smith and Erick Peyton. The newly-formed...

NBC has decided to remove “The Office” from Netflix in 2021 and include the show in the company’s new streaming service. The deal will be exclusive for five years. NBC announced the decision to remove “The Office” in a statement on Tuesday. The hit comedy was the most-watched Netflix show in 2018, according to data analytics firm Jumpshot. The move...

The fish fry is a highlight of a big political weekend in South Carolina. Candidates also attended the state party’s annual fundraising gala Friday evening ahead of the Clyburn party. The state party convention and a Planned Parenthood forum on abortion rights follow on Saturday. For South Carolina Democrats, it’s the culmination of several decades of work raising the state’s...

The fish fry is a highlight of a big political weekend in South Carolina. Candidates also attended the state party’s annual fundraising gala Friday evening ahead of the Clyburn party. The state party convention and a Planned Parenthood forum on abortion rights follow on Saturday. For South Carolina Democrats, it’s the culmination of several decades of work raising the state’s...

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers Monday, just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia. The justices did not comment in turning away appeals from two Kansas men who were convicted of violating federal law regulating silencers. The men argued that the constitutional right “to...

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers Monday, just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia. The justices did not comment in turning away appeals from two Kansas men who were convicted of violating federal law regulating silencers. The men argued that the constitutional right “to...

“Orange Is the New Black” actress Yael Stone was revealed on Friday as the potential witness that a Sydney judge refused to allow to testify against Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush in his recent defamation suit.

NBC 5’s Amy Sillan, Director, Integrated Marketing Solutions, will receive a national Gracie Award for her contribution to the station’s “Courageous Kids” series.