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OST Full Show: Fake News Class, Design of Dissent, Tribute Poem To Martin Luther King Jr.

On Second Thought
On Second Thought
Episode • Jan 17, 2020 • 48m
For the last five years, we’ve heard cries of “fake news” from media critics on both sides of the political aisle. This year, Emory University offered first-year students the opportunity to enroll in a course about fake news. It’s one of Emory’s “evidence-focused seminars” intended to prepare students for college-level research. We speak to Dr. Judith Miller, who teaches the course, and Natalia Thomas, one of the students who took the class last semester.