S1E72 / A World Wide Web of COVID Conspiracies / Graham Brookie, Devin Burghart, Bret Schafer, Judy Twigg

Published: April 29, 2021, 9 a.m.

"Disinformation is a deliberate falsehood put out to mislead an audience. But what we see more of are true bits of information where necessary context has been removed or manipulated in a way that makes it technically true but wildly misleading." -Bret Schafer \n\nIn this episode of EPIDEMIC, we\u2019re going to look at disinformation during the pandemic. Specifically, we\u2019re going to look at how the Russian government and far-right militias are using vaccine disinformation to push their agendas. We\u2019ll look at the motivations behind disinformation campaigns, why they can be so convincing, and what can be done about them. \n\nThis podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you.\n\n#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus