The storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo: AP)
This article from Louis Jacobson is published as a part of VPM s partnership with PolitiFact.
On Jan. 6, we published an article about the storming of the U.S. Capitol and the baseless accusations about the presidential election results that led up to it. In the article, we asked whether it was accurate to call it a coup. But because the details of that day’s events were still emerging, we did not draw a firm conclusion.
Now, an academic center that was the major resource for our analysis the Coup D’etat Project at the University of Illinois’ Cline Center for Advanced Social Research has made a determination that had not been made at the time we wrote our initial article.
Fact check: Was the storming of the US Capitol a coup?
Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
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John Minchillo, STF / Associated Press
On Jan. 6, PolitiFact published an article about the storming of the U.S. Capitol and the baseless accusations about the presidential election results that led up to it. In the article, PolitiFact asked whether it was accurate to call it a coup. But because the details of that day’s events PolitiFactre still emerging, PolitiFact did not draw a firm conclusion.
Now, an academic center that was the major resource for PolitiFact s analysis the Coup D’etat Project at the University of Illinois’ Cline Center for Advanced Social Research has made a determination that had not been made at the time PolitiFact wrote the initial article.
Pollinators not getting buzz they need
Craig Chamberlain Special to the Journal-Courier
Jan. 24, 2021
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A study found low levels of attention to pollinator population topics over several decades, even compared with what many would consider limited coverage of climate change.Getty Images
A dramatic decline in bees and other pollinating insects presents a threat to the global food supply, yet it’s getting little attention in mainstream news.
That’s the conclusion of a study from researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, published in a special issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study was based on a search of nearly 25 million news items from six prominent U.S. and global news sources, among them The New York Times, the Washington Post and The Associated Press.