The Imperfect Truth About Finding Facts in a World of Fakes
The Imperfect Truth About Finding Facts in a World of Fakes
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
February 18, 20196m 53s
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Show Notes
In the summer of 2006, Fidel Castro unexpectedly announced that he was temporarily handing over power to his brother. Turns out he needed to undergo intestinal surgery. Afterward, an anchor on state-run television read a statement, said to have been written by Castro, attesting that all was well. But there were no photographs of Fidel in recovery, no nine-hour radio address from his hospital bed. Rumors flew that the longtime Cuban leader had died.
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