Fighting disinformation: Can You Believe It?

Can You Believe It? is an initiative dedicated to uncovering how disinformation reaches consumers and providing tools to help our audience fight its spread. Are you seeing disinformation in your social media feeds? Share with us by emailing tell@mpr.org.

Former election security official says it will take 'years' to undo disinformation
In his first interview out of office, Matthew Masterson, a top deputy to Christopher Krebs at the Department of Homeland Security, called 2020 "as smooth a presidential election as I've ever seen."
A COVID-19 vaccine has come quick, but expert says that's no reason to fear it
Heidi Larson, the director of the Vaccine Confidence Project, has traveled the world studying vaccine misinformation. Simply put, she says, a bad vaccine is "not in anyone's interest."
Facts don't support GOP Chair Carnahan's election claims
The chair of the Minnesota Republican Party said this week that presidential election results in some of the state’s counties showed “extreme abnormalities.” A check of the vote totals shows the facts don’t back up her claims. 
COVID-19 denial still rampant in some virus hotspots
Efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus are being hampered by the fact that many people don't believe it's real. "It's absolute garbage," said Craig Mann of Flathead County in northwest Montana.