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  • Who Decides What Is False

    Who Decides What Is False

    Notes from the Field — October 4, 2026 An outlet whose job is checking claims has been charged with spreading false ones. Matsadaash means, literally, “don’t believe.” It is the name of an independent Egyptian fact-checking and investigative outlet. In late September authorities arrested six of its journalists. Days later, one…

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  • Everyone Read the Same Summary

    Everyone Read the Same Summary

    Notes from the Field — October 3, 2026 Where the prosecutor’s picture of the case came from, and who has been asked to check it. In November 2024 a Cornell student told Cornell’s own police that she had been raped by several men at a fraternity house. This fall a governor…

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  • The Check Came After the Date

    The Check Came After the Date

    Notes from the Field — October 3, 2026 Before the machinery failed, someone said it would. In August, lawyers for Christa Pike told a Tennessee court she had a vein condition that would make a lethal injection hard to carry out. In May, the state had called off another execution after…

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