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Could it be true?: Is everything we’ve told you a lie?
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Could it be true?: Is everything we’ve told you a lie?

A new academic paper says journalists regularly overstate the harms of online misinformation. In our final episode, Alexi and Patricia speak to the paper’s author and reflect on their own reporting from the frontlines of the digital election campaign.

The News Meeting · The Observer

July 3, 202418m 34s

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Show Notes

A new academic paper says journalists regularly overstate the harms of online misinformation. In our final episode, Alexi Mostrous and Patricia Clarke speak to the paper’s author and reflect on their own reporting from the frontlines of the digital election campaign.


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