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Howard Hardee is the election integrity reporter at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and a local fellow with the international journalism nonprofit First Draft News. He most recently was a reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal. He has written extensively about government, natural disasters and forest health in Northern California, and was a 2017 Environmental Reportage fellow at the Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Alberta.
Some Wisconsinites downplay the severity of COVID-19, spurning masks and vaccinations and inhibiting efforts to contain the pandemic.
Lifelong Republican Rohn Bishop believes the GOP must stop trafficking in conspiracies and falsehoods, for the good of his party — and the country
Milwaukee’s head of elections says the flash drive with absentee vote totals was always in the custody of election authorities or the police.
Supporters of President Donald Trump falsely suggested fraud after votes shifted to former Vice President Joe Biden.
The life cycle of misleading images shows how social media users can amplify falsehoods — and corrections are slow to catch up.
The best defense from rumors, hoaxes and propaganda is knowing what to expect. Here’s a preview of what voters might see ahead of Election Day.
Researchers flag hundreds of political advertisements containing false or misleading messages — including some already debunked by fact-checkers.
Experts say it’s important to set the record straight to halt the spread of misinformation, but suggest some finesse is needed when dealing with loved ones.
Health experts call contact tracing essential for slowing COVID-19. But misinformation is circulating in Wisconsin, exhausting some local officials.
Some critics who question Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ Safer at Home order omit crucial context of state COVID-19 projections.