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Mark Grimaldi, Executive Producer of The Leslie Marshall Show, guest hosts for Leslie during today's show.

He's joined joined by Political Strategist Brad Bannon and callers as they discuss the following subjects:

-How a fake news story/conspiracy theory nearly cost innocent people their lives in Washington D.C. this past Sunday

-The role played by President-Elect Trump’s national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (and his son), in spreading this fake news on Twitter

-How we’ve gotten to a point where fake news is being taken as fact by a substantial number of Americans

-What we can do as Americans to fight back against the spread of fake news

Brad Bannon runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns.

Brad is also a senior adviser to and contributing editor for Tiller4you.com, the social media network for politics.

He lectures in Political Science at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts.

Brad's Twitter handle is @BradBannon and his website is www.BannonCR.com.

Mark Grimaldi's Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.

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