Historical Fictions

Published: March 3, 2023, 5 p.m.

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A billion dollar defamation lawsuit has given the public an unprecedented view into the inner workings of Fox News. On this week\\u2019s On the Media, how the network\\u2019s election falsehoods reveal the company\\u2019s commitment to profit over truth. Plus, the story of how historical fiction became the unexpected darling of the literary world. And, how a historian grapples with gaps in our historical record.

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1.\\xa0Andrew\\xa0Prokop [@awprokop], senior politics correspondent at Vox, and David Folkenflik [@mjs_DC],\\xa0media correspondent for NPR News,\\xa0on the latest revelations in Dominion Voting Systems\' lawsuit against Fox News.\\xa0Listen.

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2.\\xa0OTM producer\\xa0Eloise Blondiau\\xa0[@eloiseblondiau] takes a deep dive into how\\xa0historical fiction became a rich resource for reckoning with our past, feat:\\xa0Alexander Manshel, assistant professor of English at McGill University [@xandermanshel], and novelitsts\\xa0Alexander Chee\\xa0[@alexanderchee]\\xa0and\\xa0Min Jin Lee\\xa0[@minjinlee11].\\xa0Listen.

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3.\\xa0Tiya Miles [@TiyaMilesTAM], professor of history at Harvard University and author of All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley\\u2019s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake, on rediscovering lost histories.\\xa0Listen.

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