Flagrant foul: Misinformation and sports

In today’s episode of our podcast Is that a fact?,  guest host Jake Lloyd digs into how misinformation manifests in the sports world with author and journalist Jemele Hill, a contributing writer for The Atlantic and host of the Spotify podcast Jemele Hill is Unbothered. Hill discusses not only how sports falsehoods spread, but also how the nature of sports reporting makes it more resistant to manipulation than news coverage.

Additional reading and listening:

• What does Kyrie Irving see in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories? Jemele Hill, The Atlantic
• The story behind the most notorious fake news outlet in sports, Ben Pickman, Sports Illustrated
• Jamele Hill is disappointed in a lack of courage in journalists today, Dessi Gomez, The Wrap
• ESPN posted manipulated image of Joe Burrow after AFC Championship loss, RumorGuard (The News Literacy Project)
• Hamlin's collapse spurs new wave of vaccine misinformation, Ali Swenso, David Klepper and Sophia Tulp, AP News
• Uphill: A Memoir, Jemele Hill
• An NBA all-star missed more than a month, and reporters had no answers, Ben Strauss, The Washington Post

Is that a fact? is a production of the News Literacy Project, a nonpartisan education nonprofit building a national movement to create a more news-literate America. Our host is Darragh Worland, our producer is Mike Webb, our editor is Timothy Kramer, and our theme music is by Eryn Busch.