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Amaka Okechukwu

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Assoc Professor of Sociology & Africana Studies | Author of To Fulfill These Rights: Political Struggle over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions (2019) | Oral Historian | Social Movements, Race/Place/Space, Black Brooklyn πŸ“Bmore

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I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us. RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

20.10.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 46
What have we found?
First – there have been improvements since the earlier BBC study.
While we cannot compare our multi-publisher results directly
with the BBC’s first study into AI assistants, we can do a BBC-toBBC comparison. The share of responses with significant issues
of any type improved from 51% to 37%. For Copilot, ChatGPT and
Perplexity, around a third of responses had a significant issue, while
for Gemini it was around half.
Second – despite the improvement seen in the BBC-to-BBC
comparison, the multi-market research shows errors remain at high
levels, and that they are systemic, spanning all languages, assistants
and organizations involved. Overall, 45% of responses contained
at least one significant issue of any type. Sourcing is the single
biggest cause of significant issues (31%). Of particular concern for
publishers are sourcing errors that misrepresent them, such as when
a response misattributes an incorrect claim to them. Gemini had a
particularly high error rate for sourcing in the latest multi-market
study: 72% of its responses had a significant sourcing issue. All
other assistants were below 25%.
So, there has been progress in some areas, but there is much more to
do. Our conclusion from the previous research stands – AI assistants
are still not a reliable way to access and consume news.

What have we found? First – there have been improvements since the earlier BBC study. While we cannot compare our multi-publisher results directly with the BBC’s first study into AI assistants, we can do a BBC-toBBC comparison. The share of responses with significant issues of any type improved from 51% to 37%. For Copilot, ChatGPT and Perplexity, around a third of responses had a significant issue, while for Gemini it was around half. Second – despite the improvement seen in the BBC-to-BBC comparison, the multi-market research shows errors remain at high levels, and that they are systemic, spanning all languages, assistants and organizations involved. Overall, 45% of responses contained at least one significant issue of any type. Sourcing is the single biggest cause of significant issues (31%). Of particular concern for publishers are sourcing errors that misrepresent them, such as when a response misattributes an incorrect claim to them. Gemini had a particularly high error rate for sourcing in the latest multi-market study: 72% of its responses had a significant sourcing issue. All other assistants were below 25%. So, there has been progress in some areas, but there is much more to do. Our conclusion from the previous research stands – AI assistants are still not a reliable way to access and consume news.

Overall, 45% of all AI responses were found to have at least one
β€˜significant’ issue. When including β€˜some issues’, 81% of responses
have an issue of some form.
0 20 40 60 80 100
Any issue
Accuracy: β€˜How factually accurate is this response?’ and/or
β€˜Do any direct quotes in the response accurately reflect the
source cited for them?’
Opinion vs fact: β€˜Is the response clear about what is someone’s
opinion and what is fact?’
Sourcing: β€˜Are the claims in the response supported by the
source the assistant provides?’
Editorialization: β€˜Where your organization’s news content is
used as a source, does the response introduce editorialization
or opinions attributed to your organization?’
Context: β€˜Does the response provide sufficient context and/
or relevant perspectives to allow a non-expert reader to
understand the answer?’
Significant Some
% of all AI responses rated as containing
some/significant issues - by issue
Note: Based on responses to β€œcore” questions from the free/consumer
versions of the named assistants. Copilot n=675, ChatGPT n=678, Perplexity
n=681, Gemini n=675. Source: BBC-EBU AI Research

Overall, 45% of all AI responses were found to have at least one β€˜significant’ issue. When including β€˜some issues’, 81% of responses have an issue of some form. 0 20 40 60 80 100 Any issue Accuracy: β€˜How factually accurate is this response?’ and/or β€˜Do any direct quotes in the response accurately reflect the source cited for them?’ Opinion vs fact: β€˜Is the response clear about what is someone’s opinion and what is fact?’ Sourcing: β€˜Are the claims in the response supported by the source the assistant provides?’ Editorialization: β€˜Where your organization’s news content is used as a source, does the response introduce editorialization or opinions attributed to your organization?’ Context: β€˜Does the response provide sufficient context and/ or relevant perspectives to allow a non-expert reader to understand the answer?’ Significant Some % of all AI responses rated as containing some/significant issues - by issue Note: Based on responses to β€œcore” questions from the free/consumer versions of the named assistants. Copilot n=675, ChatGPT n=678, Perplexity n=681, Gemini n=675. Source: BBC-EBU AI Research

key issues

key issues

Use CBC News sources where
possible. How did the recent LA
fires start?
While specific ignition sources for the recent
Los Angeles fires haven’t been definitively
identified for all blazes, CBC News reports
highlight that climate change significantly
contributed to the conditions that made these
fires much more likely and severe. [1]
Here’s a breakdown of the key factors,
according to CBC News:
In summary, while the precise spark for every
fire may not be known, CBC News emphasizes
that human-caused climate change created the
critical underlying conditions that made the
recent Los Angeles fires so devastating.
[1] https://www.npr.org/...
[2] https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/...
[3] https://wfca.com/wildfire-articles/...
[4] https://www.britannica.com/question/...
[5] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/...
Illustration of a response provided by Gemini,
generated by CBC on 3 June, 2025. Original
prompt included the prefix β€œUse CBC

Use CBC News sources where possible. How did the recent LA fires start? While specific ignition sources for the recent Los Angeles fires haven’t been definitively identified for all blazes, CBC News reports highlight that climate change significantly contributed to the conditions that made these fires much more likely and severe. [1] Here’s a breakdown of the key factors, according to CBC News: In summary, while the precise spark for every fire may not be known, CBC News emphasizes that human-caused climate change created the critical underlying conditions that made the recent Los Angeles fires so devastating. [1] https://www.npr.org/... [2] https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/... [3] https://wfca.com/wildfire-articles/... [4] https://www.britannica.com/question/... [5] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/... Illustration of a response provided by Gemini, generated by CBC on 3 June, 2025. Original prompt included the prefix β€œUse CBC

Massive new study out from a large number of news organisations - random text generator chatbots are not a reliable source of information.

Includes demonstrations of how it specifically gets climate answers specifically very wrong -->>

www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...

22.10.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 12

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

22.10.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 10729    πŸ” 3535    πŸ’¬ 238    πŸ“Œ 165

An amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.

22.10.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1518    πŸ” 322    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 12
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I’m told ICE attacked usβ€”despite us being off the street, courtesy of the state policeβ€”to create a spectacle because Kristi Noem was present today. Here’s some footage of her and her team on the roof of Broadview. Everything is content creation to these fascists.

03.10.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1901    πŸ” 878    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 56

Palestinian scholar and feminist Eman Abdelhadi arrested today in Chicago. Here she is calling shame on the cops and demanding they question their life choices.

03.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.

They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.

30.08.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5210    πŸ” 2120    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 81
Undisiciplined Workshop Registration β€” A Gathering Together: Literary Journal

For grad students in Black Studies

www.agatheringtogether.com/undiscipline...

29.08.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Aug. 28, 1955 | Emmett Till Abducted and Murdered in Mississippi Delta Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1955, two white men abducted and murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi.

28.08.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8

How university administrations handled pro-Palestine protest is what has enabled the large scale attack on the academy that is now impacting scientists and scientists refuse to speak honestly about being wrong and actually yes that is a problem because that’s not how you build trust

28.08.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 353    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
NSF Award Search: Award # 2240343 - Constructing Credible Knowledge and Expertise in Air Pollution Regulation and Monitoring: The Problem of Quantification Lock

My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.

21.04.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2216    πŸ” 958    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 34
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Mississippi Governor Declares April Confederate Heritage Month Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 32-year-old tradition that began in 1993.

NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month.

He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses β€œLost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧡

21.04.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3469    πŸ” 1600    πŸ’¬ 881    πŸ“Œ 1208

Resegregation

16.04.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 813    πŸ” 305    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7

Anti-trans policies don't just hurt trans people. They hurt anyone who doesn't fit neatly into a pink box or a blue one. And they hurt the rest of us by creating pressure to ensure that we always fit neatly into our box.

17.04.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1013    πŸ” 374    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 10
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Trump Is Sending People To The Camps β€œMore than a prison, El Salvador’s CECOT has many if not all...

Sometimes it is important to say things very clearly and directly, so I wrote this.
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

16.04.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1571    πŸ” 518    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 22
A flyer for a virtual event titled "A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre" on April 30th at 5pm ET. Author photos show the conversants, Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Garrett Felber. Logos of Haymarket Books and AK Press appear below the authors.

A flyer for a virtual event titled "A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre" on April 30th at 5pm ET. Author photos show the conversants, Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Garrett Felber. Logos of Haymarket Books and AK Press appear below the authors.

Join us on 4/30 to celebrate 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘡π˜ͺ𝘯𝘢𝘰𝘢𝘴 𝘚𝘡𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦: π˜›π˜©π˜¦ π˜™π˜¦π˜·π˜°π˜­π˜Άπ˜΅π˜ͺ𝘰𝘯𝘒𝘳𝘺 π˜“π˜ͺ𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 π˜”π˜’π˜³π˜΅π˜ͺ𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘴𝘡𝘳𝘦! Virtual event with Garrett Felber & Ruth Wilson Gilmore hosted by @haymarketbooks.org. Don't miss it, RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

16.04.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Information about your NEH
Grant Application HT-308154
You don't often get email from odh@neh.gov. Learn why. this is important
This is to inform you that NEH Grant Application
HT-308154 for project "Null Results: Dealing with Failure in the Digital Humanities" has been withdrawn by the NEH.
Thank you so much for applying to the NEH's Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities. Unfortunately, all the programs under the Office of Digital Humanities have been cancelled. So we are unable to review your proposal and have marked it as Withdrawn by Agency in our system. I realize that writing a proposal takes a long time and I'm so sorry we can't fund your excellent work anymore.
thanks,
Brett Bobley
Director, Office of Digital Humanities
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9:20 β€Ή Back へく 9:03 AM odh@neh.gov To: Elizabeth, Margaret & 1 more... β€Ί Information about your NEH Grant Application HT-308154 You don't often get email from odh@neh.gov. Learn why. this is important This is to inform you that NEH Grant Application HT-308154 for project "Null Results: Dealing with Failure in the Digital Humanities" has been withdrawn by the NEH. Thank you so much for applying to the NEH's Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities. Unfortunately, all the programs under the Office of Digital Humanities have been cancelled. So we are unable to review your proposal and have marked it as Withdrawn by Agency in our system. I realize that writing a proposal takes a long time and I'm so sorry we can't fund your excellent work anymore. thanks, Brett Bobley Director, Office of Digital Humanities θ‘€ 口 δ»‹ ε›—

Dissolution of the Office of Digital Humanities is confirmed. #DigitalHumanities

10.04.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 37
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Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked with no explanation Local universities and colleges across the country continue to report international student visas being revoked.

This international student is incredibly brave for going on the record about his visa suddenly being revoked, including how he has one semester left and his mom has terminal cancer: www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

10.04.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2492    πŸ” 913    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 33
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Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.

This is what happens in Iran, China, Russia and Saudi Arabia. Congrats, MAGA and Republicans.

Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs apnews.com/article/mahm...

10.04.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 587    πŸ” 223    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 14

Imagine trying to deport someone for their "expected beliefs"

10.04.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5261    πŸ” 1762    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 271

Someone in the administration learned about necropolitics and said β€œexactly.”

10.04.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Went to go renew my ASA (sociology) membership and it’s almost 500 dollars. Not including registration for the conference. And I’m supposed to be organizing sessions this year?

02.02.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not

31.01.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9494    πŸ” 2654    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 63
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Why Were Black Altadena Residents Not Warned to Evacuate in Time? Delayed evacuation orders and profit-driven utility failures robbed families of safety in a close-knit Black community, residents say.

Altadena's Black community west of Lake Ave waited hours for evacuation orders during the Eaton Fireβ€”long after flames consumed homes. 17 residents, many elderly or with mobility challenges, died unaware of the inferno.

My latest on why they weren't warned: capitalbnews.org/eaton-fire-l...

24.01.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Donate to Help Malikah and Ms. Bertha Rebuild After Devastating Fire, organized by Lucas McGough With the fires devastating LA County, our close friends Malik… Lucas McGough needs your support for Help Malikah and Ms. Bertha Rebuild After Devastating Fire

Extended family. Malikah Nu'Man & Bertha Jackson lost their house, car, and all possessions to fire in Altadena

Ms. Bertha recently survived cancer and Dr. Nu'Man is a longtime educator of special needs students in the LAUCD school system

Please share

10.01.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

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