Terence Eden’s Blog<p><strong>What is the "House of Commons Shield" Award?</strong></p><p><a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/what-is-the-house-of-commons-shield-award/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/what-</span><span class="invisible">is-the-house-of-commons-shield-award/</span></a></p><p></p><p>While spelunking through the caverns of Wikipedia, I came across a biography which contained this curious claim:</p><blockquote><p>She was the youngest and first woman to receive a British House of Commons Shield.</p></blockquote><p>That sounds like a fantastic achievement! But, and I hate to bring fact-checking to an argument, <em>what is it?</em></p><p>Looking around the web, I could only find three mentions of this no-doubt prestigious award.</p><ol><li>A newspaper clipping of a puff-piece which made the same claim about the same person.</li><li>Reference to shields which are erected in memory to MPs who were killed in service.</li><li>A religious leader who claimed to have received the same award.</li></ol><p>If this is a well-regarded way to recognise and honour people, shouldn't there be more about it online? But, perhaps, not everything to do with our democracy is available on the web. To the FOI machine, Robin!</p><p>I <a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/house_of_commons_shield" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wrote to the House of Commons</a> to see if they could shed some light on the matter.</p><p>As ever, their Freedom of Information team wrote back quickly:</p><blockquote><p>In the first instance, please note that we are not aware of a “House of Commons Shield” award, and this is not something supplied by or handled the House of Commons Administration. However, from publicly available resources our understanding is that this was an award which has been supplied in the past, and we believe this may have been handled by individual MPs themselves as opposed to the House Administration. We have therefore checked with the following teams within the House Administration to see if they held any information within the scope of your request:</p><ul><li>The Speaker’s Office, who hold details of official awards provided by the House Administration, as well as those nominated for formal Honours.</li><li>It is possible that these awards were provided by at a sponsored event organised by MPs, so we have checked with the House’s Events’ team on this.</li><li>It is also possible that these awards were provided at room bookings made by MPs, so we have checked with the House’s Access & Services team on this also.</li></ul><p>However, these teams have confirmed that they do not hold any information regarding this award. We therefore hold no information within the scope of your request.</p></blockquote><p>They suggested that I contact any MPs who might have handed out the award. There was only one (former) MP I could find so I dropped them a polite email asking WTAF was going on.</p><blockquote><p>Please can help me solve a small mystery? I'm trying to find out more information about an award called "The House of Commons Shield".</p><p>I understand that you presented the award to [redacted] in 2009. I'd like to understand a little more about what the award is.</p><p>The House of Commons have told me that this isn't an official award as such and they suggested I contact MPs who may have presented it.</p><p>A few people claim to have been given this award but you are the only named person I can find who has presented it.</p><p>Is "The House of Commons Shield" a specific award that MPs can present? Is it a recognised term? Are there any criteria used when judging who should get it? Or is it a piece of memorabilia which has been mistakenly claimed as an official trophy?</p><p>Any assistance in figuring this out would be gratefully received.</p></blockquote><p>Sadly - but predictably - they elected not to enter into correspondence with me.</p><p>If you have any information about what the "House of Commons Shield" award is - please drop a note in the comments.</p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/fact-check/" target="_blank">#factCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/wikipedia/" target="_blank">#wikipedia</a></p>
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Terence Eden<p>🆕 blog! “What is the "House of Commons Shield" Award?”</p><p>While spelunking through the caverns of Wikipedia, I came across a biography which contained this curious claim:</p><p>She was the youngest and first woman to receive a British House of Commons Shield.</p><p>That sounds like a fantastic achievement! But, and I hate to bring fact-checking to an argument, what is it?</p><p>Looking…</p><p>👀 Read more: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/what-is-the-house-of-commons-shield-award/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/what-</span><span class="invisible">is-the-house-of-commons-shield-award/</span></a><br>⸻<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/factcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factcheck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a>: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> has apparently NOT so far followed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> in announcing plans to recognize <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> as independent country, despite today's Middle East Monitor headline claiming that. More recent source: <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/france-macron-palestinian-state-recognition-canada-1.7594392" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/politics/france-ma</span><span class="invisible">cron-palestinian-state-recognition-canada-1.7594392</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defacto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defacto</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diplomacy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCarney</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestBank</span></a></p>
Goose<p>A website to show replies to every celebrity grub would put this all in perspective. Don't post on their accounts. They're too vain to realise criticism is equally a powerful message. Post on a website featuring critical responses to celeb idiots with pathological vanity.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CriticalResponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalResponse</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Criticism</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In disclosing the reports, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & his team are proclaiming that President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> & his team torqued the intelligence analysis process to deliberately discredit Trump’s election.</p><p>The admin has coupled that case w/ overheated & attention-grabbing claims. Trump has accused Obama of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>treason</span></a>, & his top ofcls have made <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> referrals about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> ofcls under Obama—all as the admin is trying to distract supporters angry about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffreyEpstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffreyEpstein</span></a> files.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin in recent weeks has released a series of reports intended to undermine the conclusion reached by intelligence agencies before Trump’s first term that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> had favored his candidacy in 2016 & sought to improve his chances of winning.</p><p>That assessment, an unclassified version of which was made public in Jan 2017, has long infuriated Trump.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>New Reports on Russian Interference Don’t Show What <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Says They Do<br>[ya don’t say🙄?]</p><p>A January 2017 assessment said that President Vladimir <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> had ordered a multifaceted information operation targeting the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2016election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2016election</span></a>.</p><p>The admin’s claims are overblown, but newly declassified information provides some messy details about a Jan 2017 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> assessment of Moscow’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/us/trump-obama-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZU8.G1XD.fcxqFuw9_3i-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/25/us/trum</span><span class="invisible">p-obama-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZU8.G1XD.fcxqFuw9_3i-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Longreads<p>"Somehow, my fact-checking job had slipped me into the envelope of another human’s most personal realm." — Susan Choi on fact-checking the New Yorker for the Yale Review <a href="https://yalereview.org/article/susan-choi-new-yorker-fact-checking?src=longreads" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yalereview.org/article/susan-c</span><span class="invisible">hoi-new-yorker-fact-checking?src=longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/personalhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/magazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magazines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/factcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factcheck</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The CIA's "lessons-learned" review of the analytic procedure behind the 2017 assessment identified several recommendations for stricter compliance with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> standards, but ultimately said that the actual conclusions made in that assessment were "defensible."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"It is sadly not surprising that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNI</span></a> Gabbard, who promised to depoliticize the intelligence community, is once again weaponizing her position to amplify the president's election conspiracy theories," wrote Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, the vice chairman of the Senate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> Committee, on X.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The 2017 assessment focuses on Russian influence, from social media <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> networks, hack-&-leak campaigns, Russian bot farms & other more psychological efforts made by Russian actors. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> community experts acknowledge that Russian hacking targeting election infrastructure was likely limited & aimed at gathering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TulsiGabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TulsiGabbard</span></a> argues that these conclusions are hypocritical & poke holes – if not directly contradict – the intelligence community's 2017 assessment that Russian attempted to influence the election.</p><p>But <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> officials NEVER claimed that Russian hackers had successfully changed votes or hacked election infrastructure at scale.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TulsiGabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TulsiGabbard</span></a> also released a timeline that outlines events leading up to the 2017 assessment that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> attempted to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>influence</span></a> the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2016election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2016election</span></a>. The timeline focuses on the conclusions by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> community officials that Russia likely had not & would not use cyber means to directly compromise voter systems or change vote tallies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"There is no indication of a Russian threat to directly manipulate the actual vote count through cyber means," wrote an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ODNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ODNI</span></a> official whose name was redacted in a newly published email. "However, as seen in recent media reporting, any cyber activity directed against the election infrastructure is likely to have an effect on public confidence," they continued.</p><p>[all stuff we knew] </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In those files, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> officials exchange correspondence about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s attempts at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a>, concluding that it was unlikely Russian hackers would successfully compromise physical election infrastructure or alter vote totals without detection but might be successful in influencing voter confidence in the election.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>[Never mind that you can’t “coup” someone who isn’t in office.] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TulsiGabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TulsiGabbard</span></a> echoed those conclusions across social media platforms X & Truth Social, & in interviews on FauxNews in the following days.</p><p>Among the materials Gabbard declassified are emails & memos published under the banner of the new "Director's Initiatives Group," formed to "execut[e] President Trump's Executive Orders aimed at rebuilding trust in the [Intelligence Community]."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> spy chief claims <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> admin ‘manufactured’ intel on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> </p><p>[Though she’s a Russian asset, so don’t take her word for it.]</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ODNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ODNI</span></a> has published the latest in a series of recent Trump admin reports aimed at scrutinizing years-old <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> community conclusions about Russian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> in 2016 in favor of Trump.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/21/nx-s1-5475171/trump-gabbard-russia-2016-election" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/07/21/nx-s1-54751</span><span class="invisible">71/trump-gabbard-russia-2016-election</span></a></p>
Sohan Dsouza<p>🇬🇧🧑💻⛽️🔥 Close to the anniversary of the Southport misinformation spread and riots episode, I wrote about attempts made over the past year, by people in the same ecosystem, to gaslight and conspiracise a "vindication vibe" out of their utter humiliation, and the need for an "information battle station".</p><p>📑 <a href="https://sohandsouza.substack.com/p/simmering-narratives-and-southport" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sohandsouza.substack.com/p/sim</span><span class="invisible">mering-narratives-and-southport</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Southport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Southport</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/riots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riots</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/misinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinfo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinfo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/infoDisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infoDisorder</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/conspiracism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/factCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factCheck</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OSINT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSINT</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SOCMINT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOCMINT</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/farRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farRight</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarization</span></a></p>
SnowyCA :vivaldi_red:<p>🧵 2/2 </p><p>Once I have gathered the results of steps a-f , I total the 'results' and make my decision as whether or not to believe and share the info. <br>(If there is an indication of the possibility of a fake news source, I make a note to put that source on my "questionable" list.)</p><p>If you have any helpful advice, what works for you, please add it to this thread. <br>Thanks<br> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeNews</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a></p>
SnowyCA :vivaldi_red:<p>👋 🤔 In today's world there's a war on truth and now with AI it's often more difficult to differentiate a real news story from one that is fake. <br>🧵 1/2 <br>When I read a headline from a 'new to me', unfamiliar source, I try to remember to check it's credibility before I trust and share the article.<br>Here are steps I take to fact check a source and perhaps you might find this helpful:</p><p>1: Is this story reported elsewhere? (run a search)<br>2: If it is, and the additional sources are credible : more than likely it's true so, share✅ , if not then I proceed as follows:</p><p>If the story is Not reported elsewhere, I *combine* the following steps:<br> a) ask trustworthy friends if they've heard of the source<br> b) run a media bias check<br> c) check that source's previously published articles for credibility (see step #1) <br> d) Analyze the text/writing style and structure of the article--often AI generated print/writing appears "off", 'sterile'. <br>And a new step I just now discovered, thanks to @oliver_schafeld , is check the source to view information about the website using this link :</p><p>e) <a href="https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lookup.icann.org/en/lookup</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>f) trust my "gut feeling" (often our subconscious picks up clues something is amiss. )</p><p>🧵 continued 👇</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeNews</span></a></p>
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