Bob Garfield

Bob Garfield appears in the following:

The Cost of Facebook's Monopoly is User Privacy

Friday, December 18, 2020

The antitrust case against Facebook.

Living Under Surveillance Capitalism

Friday, December 18, 2020

When everything you do becomes fuel for the machine.

Anti-Vax Ideas Have Metastasized in 2020

Friday, December 04, 2020

Facebook has tried to shut down the major anti-vax pages. Why it might be too little, too late.

How to Earn Trust in a Coronavirus Vaccine

Friday, December 04, 2020

Science communication in an age of disinformation.

The Dominion Voting Circus

Friday, December 04, 2020

The election fraud conspiracy theory helping Trumpworld convert conservative outrage into ca$h.

A Pastor's Plight to Address Vaccine Skepticism in Black Communities

Friday, December 04, 2020

In Pittsburgh, Father Paul Abernathy is working to recruit vaccine trial participants in predominantly Black neighborhoods.

"Defund the Police" revisited

Thursday, December 03, 2020

The origins of an idea. (Not a slogan.)

Epidemics Show Societies Who They Really Are

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

From the bubonic plague to Ebola to COVID-19: learning about ourselves through the epidemics we've faced.

EXTENDED VERSION The Ancient Heresy That Helps Us Understand QAnon

Monday, November 23, 2020

Gnosticism can help us understand the pseudo-intellectualism on the right.

What Exactly Is The Job Of The Chief White House Photographer?

Friday, November 20, 2020

To document history or provide PR fodder for the government?

In Fighting The Pandemic, Policymakers Must Cite Their Sources

Friday, November 20, 2020

Political leaders have failed to consistently explain the science behind their pandemic policies. 

The Ancient Heresy That Helps Us Understand QAnon

Friday, November 20, 2020

Gnosticism can help us understand the pseudo-intellectualism on the right.

Why Conservatives Are Leaving Facebook & Twitter

Friday, November 13, 2020

What Parler & MeWe, new "free speech" platforms, tell us about the future of the far-right.

The Biggest Lie Yet

Friday, November 13, 2020

Democracy has had its say. But Trump and his supporters are trying to drown it out with their own version of reality.

Last Grasp, Last Gasp

Friday, November 06, 2020

The "steal" the President's supporters hope to stop is a lie. It would also be improbably, impossibly difficult. 

The Forecasts Didn't Help Us

Friday, November 06, 2020

An argument for abolishing election forecast models.

Anger and Identity in an Age of Polarization

Friday, October 30, 2020

America is more polarized than ever. How did we get to this place — and how can we get out of it?

The Birth of the Modern Campaign

Friday, October 23, 2020

Political consulting and dirty tricks as we know them today can be traced back to a single race — in 1934.

How Real Journalism Gets Turned into Propaganda

Friday, October 23, 2020

A look at Russian influencing campaigns and a homegrown network of "pink slime" local news sites.

The Great Pumpkin Hunt

Friday, October 23, 2020

On the never-ending story of Republicans "fleeing the ship," "whispering," "signaling a break," and "distancing themselves from Trump."