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You might have heard us talking recently about our new series, The Big Threat, it's about how mis and disinformation are eroding the democracies that we live in. We thought we'd share the first episode in this channel, so you can have a listen. And for the second episode, head on over to the News Club channel.
Against the backdrop of the devastating LA fires, with a new President in the White House and as Meta announces its retreat from fact checking, Bryce visits San Francisco where public broadcaster KQED is mounting a rearguard action to fight fake news, and meets with Stanford University’s Professor Sam Wineburg - an academic sounding the alarm on a looming global disinformation crisis.
Links:
Sam Wineburg’s book, Verified
Professor Sam Wineburg: Stanford
KQED Youth Media Challenge
Corporation for Public Broadcasting - US
Articles:
Sam Wineburg’s USA Today op-ed
KQED faces budget cuts: $8m
Cuts threaten public broadcasting in the US
Australian Government: Social media ban for under 16s
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Host: Bryce Corbett
Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton
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