| February Fri, 2022
University of Ottawa Taps Network Contagion Research Institute, Rutgers Miller Center as Strategic Partners in Disinformation Lab
The Professional Development Institute (PDI) of the University of Ottawa, Canada, the largest bilingual (English/French) university in the world, today launched an Information Integrity Lab that includes the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) and the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University as key strategic partners. The Information Integrity Lab is designed to identify and research ways to sort through this new era of information disorder to help preserve peace and civility in Canada and around the globe.
| February Tue, 2022
“9/11 Ground Truth” Author Tells a Story of Loss and the Healing Power of Music In New Book
After the loss of his wife, critically acclaimed author John Farmer (The Ground Truth) met an unheralded singer-songwriter whose music became a source of healing and renewal. Farmer's new book "Way Too Fast" honors the life and hard times of that musician, Danny DeGennaro
| January Fri, 2022
The Hill Op-ed: ‘Open and shut’ cases against Oath Keepers? History and politics say no
The Hill published an op-ed with Eagleton Director John J. Farmer, Jr. "The indictment of members of the Oath Keepers militia for seditious conspiracy has been widely celebrated as an essential step in establishing accountability for the violent disruption of democracy on Jan. 6, 2021. That enthusiasm should be tempered, however, by the challenges their trial will pose to prosecutors in securing convictions and, potentially, to the viability of the jury system in a polarized America."
| January Thu, 2022
Former AG: Our democracy remains in peril | Opinion
NJ.com published an op-ed written by Eagleton Director and former New Jersey Attorney General John J. Farmer, Jr. "Our republic will remain in peril until we find a way to require that opinions are clearly labeled as such and news reporting aspire to fairness. Until we reconceive and adapt to cable news and social media a form of 'fairness doctrine,' we will continue to be susceptible to charismatic demagogues who profit from our divisions, and January 6, 2021 will be seen not as a final shot but as an opening volley," wrote Professor Farmer.