Fake News

Published: July 13, 2018, 3 p.m.

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This episode kicks off our new theme of "Fake News" with guests\\xa0Robert Sheaffer\\xa0and\\xa0Brad Schwartz.

Fake news is a new label for an old idea. For our purposes, we will define fake news information created to deliberately mislead while masquerading as a legitimate, journalistic source of truth. It\'s become a modern topic of discussion as our cultures evolve to the fledgling mechanisms of communication introduced by online platforms.

What was the earliest incident of fake news? That\'s a question for which we may never find a satisfying answer. While not the earliest, we present a dramatization of an early example of fake news, which leads us into a discussion with UFO Skeptic Robert Sheaffer. Following that we get into our main interview with Brad Schwartz, author of\\xa0Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles\'s War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News.

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