Against the backdrop of the devastating LA fires, with a new President in the White House and as Meta announces its retreat from fact checking, Bryce visits San Francisco where public broadcaster KQED is mounting a rearguard action to fight fake news, and meets with Stanford University’s Professor Sam Wineburg - an academic sounding the alarm on a looming global disinformation crisis.
Links:
Sam Wineburg’s book, Verified
Professor Sam Wineburg: Stanford
KQED Youth Media Challenge
Corporation for Public Broadcasting - US
Articles:
Sam Wineburg’s USA Today op-ed
KQED faces budget cuts: $8m
Cuts threaten public broadcasting in the US
Australian Government: Social media ban for under 16s
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