'Misinformation' word of the year
https://whdh.com/news/dictionary-com-chooses-misinformation-as-word-of-the-year/ And from the National Literacy Project director: IN THIS EMAIL A word from Alan | Watch our mission in action. | NLP is growing! | NLP in the news | With thanks December 2018 A word from Alan Dear friends of NLP, It’s fitting that Dictionary.com has just announced “ misinformation ” as its word of the year. Throughout human history, people have been susceptible to misinformation — but today’s immediacy and ease of spreading this viral contagion make eradicating it a particularly pressing challenge. Some say the problem is incurable; we believe that we have developed an antidote, if not a vaccine, for it. For the News Literacy Project, “misinformation” has been the word of the decade, given that for the last 10 years we have been helping students learn the skills ...