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Misinformation and Disinformation Media Literacy Guide

Misinformation and Disinformation Media Literacy Guide for Chicana(o) & Latina(o) Studies

Example #1

Statistics from the Mexican government show that democrats under Bill Clinton and Obama have deported more Mexican individuals than Donald Trump in his first term. The question is why the bias?

(13) Victor Art - La presidenta de México Claudia Sheinbaum dio a... | Facebook

¿Qué presidente de EE.UU. deportó a más mexicanos: Clinton, Obama o Trump? | Guillermo Ortega - Tu sitio de noticias

Example #2

With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 granted clemency — either a pardon or commuted sentence — to all of the more than 1,500 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. But at an Oval Office signing event and in a Fox News interview, Trump made several misleading or false claims while explaining the reason for his decision.

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/01/trump-justifies-j6-pardons-with-misinformation/

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-fact-check-trump-biden-rioters-0b3406e02c86bd057e15c9d8c16ccd51

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-pardons-jan-6.html

Example #3

President-elect Donald Trump and some social media users and pundits blamed Los Angeles’ deadly fires on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat’s environmental policies enabled the blazes’ danger and wreckage.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-misinformation-about-the-los-angeles-wildfires-and-california-water-policy

Some social media users reposted Trump’s 2018 and 2019 criticism of California’s forest management policies, including false statements the then-president posted as firefighters battled previous wildfires.

It is not uncommon for Trump to make false claims about his political opponents during natural disasters. In 2018, he falsely said “Democrats” had inflated Hurricane Maria’s death toll in Puerto Rico. In October 2024, he fabricated a claim that North Carolina’s Democratic governor had blocked federal aid from flowing into the state after Hurricane Helene.

As Los Angeles wildfire victims reeled from the destruction, we fact-checked these viral claims to see how, or if, California water policy and forest management factored this disaster.

https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/why-did-pacific-palisades-water-hydrants-run-dry

https://www.ladwpnews.com/pacific-palisades-fire-correcting-misinformation-about-ladwps-water-system/

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