Jack Brewster

New York

Enterprise Editor at NewsGuard

Enterprise editor @Newsguardrating. Founder of Newsreel, a news app for young people aimed at fighting news avoidance. Past: @Forbes, @time, and @vice. #LGM⚾️

Articles

NewsGuard’s Pre-Election Misinformation Guide

Nov 4, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Sam Howard |Jack Brewster |Sofia Rubinson |Zack Fishman

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:Recycled myths: The false narratives bound to resurface on Election Day (or week?
Liberals Falsely Claim Project 2025 Defunds National Weather Service

Oct 7, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Becca Schimmel |McKenzie Sadeghi |Chiara Vercellone |Jack Brewster

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:As Hurricane Helene roared, liberals spread bogus claim that Project 2025 aims to defund the National Weather ServiceAt one-year mark of Israel-Hamas War, 202 false claims and countingIranian media cite old, irrelevant videos to depict chaos in Israel after Iran’s missile strikesAnd more…Today’s newsletter was edited byJack Brewster, Eric Effron, and Sofia Rubinson.
Major Brands Unknowingly Fund Debunked Haitian Migrant Claim

Sep 30, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Coalter Palmer |Jack Brewster |Sofia Rubinson |Dimitris Dimitriadis

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:Major brands unknowingly fund spread of bogus “migrants are eating our pets” claimPutting words in their mouths: Iran deploys AI to turn public figures into fake punditsAI-generated “Justin Bieber” song about Diddy goes viralAnd more…Today’s newsletter was edited byJack Brewster, Eric Effron, and Sofia Rubinson.
Musk Boosts Four Favorite Misinformation Superspreaders

Sep 27, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Jack Brewster |Sarah Komar |Isaiah Glick |Sofia Rubinson

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:The Musk Effect: X’s owner boosts misinformation superspreaders by engaging with themKamala Harris and Donald Trump falsely linked to Diddy in doctored mediaPro-Russia accounts spread AI country song attacking ZelenskyAnd more…Today’s newsletter was edited byJack Brewster, Eric Effron, and Sofia Rubinson.
67% of Top News Sites Block Access by AI

Sep 16, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Jack Brewster |Zack Fishman |Isaiah Glick |Sam Howard

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:Garbage in, garbage out: NewsGuard data show low-quality news websites are over-represented in AI chatbot learningLaura Loomer gets massive boost on X following Musk’s acquisitionAnd more…Today’s newsletter was edited byJack Brewster, Eric Effron, and Sofia Rubinson.
Triple Hearsay: Original Sources of the Claim that Haitians Eat Pets in Ohio Admit No First-Hand Knowledge

Sep 12, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Sam Howard |Jack Brewster

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. By Sam Howard and Jack BrewsterIn just days, a bizarre and baseless claim accusing Haitian migrants of eating pet cats in Springfield, Ohio, went from an obscure Facebook post in a private group to a talking point by Republican Donald Trump during Tuesday night’s presidential debate.
Reality Check Commentary: I Unintentionally Boosted an AI “Content Farm” Business. I Don’t Regret It.

Sep 4, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Jack Brewster

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. By Jack Brewster, NewsGuard Enterprise EditorWhen I set out to expose how easy it is to build an AI-powered propaganda machine online, I never expected to become a promoter of the very problem I was trying to highlight. That’s what happened, and yet, I don’t regret it. Let me explain.
Special Report: In AI Image Wars, Grok Leads in Misinformation

Aug 19, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Jack Brewster |Sofia Rubinson

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today’s newsletter was edited byEric Effron. By Jack Brewster and Sofia RubinsonX’s new artificial intelligence image generator Grok is batting .800 when it comes to generating fake images of major topics in the news. In other words, if a bad actor set out to generate manipulated images to launch the next viral false narrative, X’s Grok is the place to start.
Russian Deep Fake: “Obama” Admits Dems Planned Trump Shooting

Aug 12, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | McKenzie Sadeghi |Jack Brewster |Sam Howard |John Gregory

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:Pro-Kremlin network pushes AI-generated Obama audio saying Democrats behind Trump shootingHidden agendas: Liberal activists secretly paid to produce ‘news’Deceased journalist who fought vaccine misinformation targeted with vaccine misinformationAnd more…Today’s newsletter was edited byEric Effron.
The Left’s Myths About Project 2025

Jul 29, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Jack Brewster |Sarah Komar |Sofia Rubinson |AI Deepfake

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:Democrats’ deceptions: False claims about conservative policy blueprint Project 2025Hillbilly falsity: AI hoax plants fake story in J.D. Vance’s bookThe alarming simplicity of creating deepfakes from breaking newsAnd more…Today’s newsletter was edited byJack Brewster and Eric Effron.