James Warren: Fake images and videos are proliferating online. What’s the average news consumer to do?
There are telltale signs that a video was generated by AI tools, but you need to really watch carefully.
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James Warren: The Government Accountability Office continues its noble task of ensuring government transparency
The Government Accountability Office is an admirable but obscure federal agency operating in a world where Americans hate government and precious little accountability is to be found anywhere. Our discourse...
James Warren: Russia’s misinformation campaign smacks of what Orwell’s ‘1984’ warned
Madeline Roache seemingly has a dream job: getting paid for watching TV and transcribing what she sees. Don't envy her. She's watching the morning news in Russia. Roache is a...
Commentary: The web is festering with dubious info about the coronavirus (and other health issues)
Word that Chicago has the first U.S. case of person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus will surely hike anxiety-filled traffic to news and health websites. But a warning: Many websites might...
Can't Pat Quinn Get Any Respect?
Governor Pat Quinn is smart, well meaning, and as honest as Abe. Too bad he’s become the Rodney Dangerfield of Illinois politics (and No. 70 on the Power 100 list).
No news is bad news in Fortune’s ‘what-if’
Imagine, asks essayist Stanley Bing in May 28 Fortune, "The Day That No News Broke." An issue devoted mostly to the state of private equity, and to the biggest single...
Bono set to expand AIDS project here
Bono, with the help of some equally famous friends and top business leaders, is expected to announce here Thursday the expansion to America of his creative corporate partnership, known as...
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When Greg Maddux pitches, I hit the mute button on the clicker. As a failed pitcher, who was good in high school but relegated to throwing batting practice in college,...
Share your regrettable gift moments
The affair ended a long time ago. It was great while it lasted, but you went your separate ways. And yet, all these years later, you still have a certain...
Finding a price tag for a guy getaway
You're a guy who loves golf, the Cubs and a good time with your buds. But how much would you really, truly pay for three airline tickets to New York...