Episodes
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How to Fact-Check Like a Journalist with First Draft's Laura
S1 E3 - 6m 53s
With so much misinformation around COVID-19, how can you check the facts for yourself? Multimedia journalist Laura Garcia from First Draft walks us through how she fact-checked a viral video of an "escaped coronavirus patient" using free tools on the internet.
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How Does Misinformation Lead to Racism and Xenophobia?
S1 E2 - 3m 34s
Where did COVID-19 come from? Researchers have strong theories, but none of them include consuming bat soup. So why did a video of a woman eating bat soup from 2016 recently go viral? And why did it inspire such vitriol on the internet? We speak with Dr. Russell Jeung from San Francisco State University to try and better understand how misinformation and xenophobia work together during times of cr
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COVID-19 Fake Cures and False Diagnoses
S1 E1 - 3m 44s
Misinformation about COVID-19 is rampant; so are fake cures and false diagnoses. When the news – and the coronavirus – moves this fast, how can you separate fact from fiction? We look at a few popular falsehoods that persist despite being thoroughly debunked.
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