News Meeting: Lessons from a World War Two disinformation campaign
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Are we living through an information war? Sefton Delmer was a British propagandist who targeted the Nazi regime. In this bonus episode, the journalist Peter Pomerantsev explains what his story can teach us about modern disinformation and propaganda.
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Guests: Peter Pomerantsev, author of How to Win an Information War
Host: James Harding, editor-in-chief at Tortoise
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