Jackie Rocheleau

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The Evidence Examiner, Issue No. 8: The Disinformation Onslaught The propaganda front

Buckle up kids.

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“Hinojosa carefully protected her fellow residents’ letters and drawings before her release.…’I carried them around with me all day to prevent anyone from taking them,’ she told ProPublica. ‘I knew they were valuable.’”

TEE, Issue No. 7: Misinformation, Disinformation, and Propaganda How do you know it when you see it?

Misinformation, disinformation and propaganda—how do you know it when you see it?
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TEE Issue No. 6: Vaccine Evidence and Misinformation, Part 3 Who financially benefits from vaccines?

#Vaccine evidence and misinfo: Who financially benefits from vaccines? Doctors providing vaccines? Not so much. Subscribe (for free) to my newsletter to get more stuff like this, information from a science journo to keep you smarter and better informed.
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TEE Issue No. 6: Vaccine Evidence and Misinformation, Part 3 Who financially benefits from vaccines?

#Vaccine evidence and misinfo: Who financially benefits from vaccines? Doctors providing vaccines? Not so much. Subscribe (for free) to my newsletter to get more stuff like this, information from a science journo to keep you smarter and better informed.
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TEE Issue No. 5: Vaccine Evidence and Misinformation, Part 2 CDC vaccine policy changes and what you need to know. Image by: Heather Hazzan, SELF Magazine

A brief(-ish, kind of) guide to the CDC's changes in the childhood vaccine schedule, what these changes do and don’t mean, and where to find trustworthy information
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A Brief Interruption Misinformation, Disinformation, Propaganda, and ICE

Next issue on vaccine misinformation and evidence will be out this week, but I wanted to address how federal officials are using disinformation to justify ICE shootings in Minneapolis. You can find fact-checking and other resources here too
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And this is exactly why I started The Evidence Examiner. Know your vaccine facts! open.substack.com/pub/theevide...

Google's AI Insists That Next Year Is Not 2027 Ask Google's infamously hallucination-prone AI Overview feature what next year is, and you'll get an extremely puzzling answer.

👀 Just a friendly reminder that those AI overviews should be fact-checked. futurism.com/artificial-i...

➕ We made a video about this issue in July of *checks notes* 2025: www.youtube.com/shorts/-8x6p...

#AILiteracy

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Confused beyond measure by what the government is doing with #vaccines? In my newsletter, I explain vaccines, what you need to know, and where to get accurate information. (Spoiler: cows are involved)
Next week's issue breaks down #CDC changes
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Why CDC’s Vaccine Rollback Comes at the Worst Possible Time Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has slashed childhood vaccine recommendations in the middle of respiratory virus season

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has slashed childhood vaccine recommendations in the middle of respiratory virus season

FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.

FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!

It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍

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The Evidence Examiner, Issue No. 3: The Journalistic Process

If you've ever wondered how journalism works, how an idea or an event becomes a news story, wonder no more! In today's issue, the journalistic process, explained. #newsliteracy #medialiteracy

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The Evidence Examiner, Issue No. 2 Issue No. 2: Learning to Read

Happy new year ✨ please resolve to be better informed and check out the latest issue of my newsletter—
“Learning to Read [the news responsibly]”

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The Evidence Examiner, Issue No. 1 Issue No. 1: Welcome!

The first issue of my newsletter is out! You can subscribe for free to learn how to better navigate news and resist misinformation…and get pictures of my strange cats doing cute/odd things

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The Evidence Examiner | Jackie Rocheleau | Substack The Evidence Examiner is a newsletter for those who want to understand how to evaluate evidence, particularly in science and health, in a world increasingly saturated with misinformation. Click to rea...

I'm starting a newsletter aimed at journos and non-journos alike that will share tips and resources science journalists use to evaluate quality science/health information vs bad info or pseudoscience. It’s theevidenceexaminer.substack.com Give it a try! The first issue will be out in a few weeks.

Can Global South Hacks Bridge Europe’s Heart Care Gap? Lauded for its healthcare, the EU still has cardiology deserts. Can Global South know-how and a cancer plan blueprint turn more of Europe’s cardiovascular care map green?

The understudied problem of cardiology deserts in Europe-my latest for Medscape!
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What the science says about new vaccine guidance Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has introduced a wave of changes that threaten to undo decades of infectious disease prevention. But what does the scienc...

Very proud of my @sciencewriters.org mentee who worked hard on this vaccine explainer! Check out what she has to say about the science of changing vaccine policies:
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Happy to share that my website has gotten a long overdue face lift ✨

I'm excited to highlight some of my newer services for knowledge capture and institutional editing as well as some YouTube videos I've really enjoyed scripting this year.

Thanks for checking it out! 🙇‍♀️

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Mighty mitochondria: Cell powerhouses harnessed for healing Infusion of the tiny, sausage-shaped structures helps to rejuvenate tissues deprived of blood. Researchers hope the technique can treat a variety of damaged organs.

“We’re so much at the beginning — we don’t know how it works. But we know it’s doing something that is mighty darn interesting.”

Mighty mitochondria: Cell powerhouses harnessed for healing Infusion of the tiny, sausage-shaped structures helps to rejuvenate tissues deprived of blood. Researchers hope the technique can treat a variety of damaged organs.

Wrote a whole story on mitochondria and not once in this article did I say "mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell." (Captions don't count)

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