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Editorial: Can AI Be Impartial When the National News Media Isn’t?

The bottom line: The perception that our news media coverage prioritizes accuracy and fairness, and that journalists report the news minus potential biases and sensationalism, is waning and continues to drop. With this in mind, and because so many people are now turning to AI for assistance in both research and content creation, we thought it would be interesting to see how balanced and accurate AI platforms may be when asked to write an impartial 200-word essay on the state…
April 10, 2025
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A Voter’s Guide to Elections: Voter Fraud Virtually Non-existent

According to the prestigious Brennan Center for Justice, over the last 50-plus years, there has been no evidence of voter fraud in the United States on a scale even close enough to change the outcome of an election. The “Washington Post” has also noted that following the 2016 election, there were only four documented cases of voter fraud out of 136 million votes counted votes.…
October 31, 2024
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Citizen Science: Introduction to Citizen Science: Finding Intellectual Security

Citizen Science No. 1 by Jamie Zvirzdin Introduction to Citizen Science: Finding Intellectual Security Imagine you’re sitting in science class. On the paper before you, there’s a homework problem you don’t understand. You raise your hand to seek clarity, but the teacher responds, “Oh, that problem is easy! Just use your intuition.” The teacher then rattles off a bunch of specialized words—science jargon—you just learned. “Thanks,” you say out loud, but your muddied thoughts are joined by the cold chill…
January 25, 2023
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STERNBERG: Correlation Doesn’t Imply Causation

Column by Richard Sternberg Correlation Doesn’t Imply Causation I read a news report of a scientific article recently that was originally published in a reputable scientific journal that said something to the effect that multivitamins were good for the brain. I shared this with my daughters via text, one of whom is a real biomedical scientist. She retorted back almost immediately, “Dad, did you look at the original paper?” I hadn’t. She did. “Not only is the study flawed but…
October 13, 2022

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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