2.16.2026 - Graeme Browning, Semi-Retired National Journalist

Links mentioned on 2.16.2026 BLAINESWORLD podcast (and a few others), courtesy of Graeme BrowningBBC SurveyLargest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territoryhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/new-ebu-research-ai-assistants-news-contentOne in 5 Americans now regularly get news on TikTok (Pew Research)1 in 5 Americans regularly get news on TikTok, up sharply from 2020 | Pew Research Centerhttps://www.pewresearch.org/tools-and-datasets/Fact-Checking sites:PolitiFact.org - Pulitzer Prize-winning site from the PoynterInstitute https://www.politifact.com/FactCheck.org -- from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvaniahttps://www.factcheck.org/ AP News Fact CheckFact Check: Political & News Fact Check | AP Newshttps://www.factcheck.org/Snopes.comThe definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.https://www.factcheck.org/And One more link on the good AI can do. I'm sending it because I just love  this story, and it's so well written too.To Stay in Her Home, She Let In an A.I. Robot - The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/elliq-ai-robot-senior-companion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share