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Episode 16: Freedom from Disinformation (feat: Barbara McQuade)

Unspun
Unspun
Episode • Apr 2, 2024 • 37m

News media and news makers can do better at working to protect democracy. In this week's episode, Dr. Sturg breaks down the research on how media cover elections and gives some examples of the the appeal to nature fallacy. Then, author, professor and NBC contributor Barbara McQuade and Dr. Sturg talk about her new book and the ways that lawmakers could act to help audiences protect themselves from disinformation. 

 

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