Ep 908: Football And Fake News, Liverpool's Sorry Summer, Giant Rashford, Wayne's Pop - 17/07/17
Eoin and Ken are talking about fake news...
The Second Captains Podcast · The Second Captains Podcast
July 17, 201759m 9s
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Show Notes
Eoin and Ken are talking about fake news. Ken confesses to a missed opportunity.Premier League teams are on pre-season tours, making money and trying to spend it. Liverpool can't get anyone to take their stinking money. Jose Mourinho has been impressed with Marcus Rashford's phenomenal upwards growth. News may be fake, but inches are real. We're joined by Rory Smith of the New York Times to talk about how football transfer stories were the original fake news.What is it about football that makes it the ideal environment for fake news to arise and spread? Does it tell us anything new about how the media really works?
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