#479 James Cortada - Fake News Nation: The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America
RECORDED ON MARCH 4th 2021.
Dr. James W. Cortada is Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota. He worked at IBM for thirty-eight years in sales, consulting, managerial, and research positions. He is the author of books like Information and the Modern Corporation, and Fake News Nation: The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America.
In this episode, we focus on Fake News Nation. We start by defining fake news, and talking a bit about its history. We talk about different kinds of misinformation, and some examples from politics, industry and science in American history. Finally, we discuss several solutions to the problem.
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Intro
The history of fake news
Different kinds of misinformation
Solutions to fight back against misinformation
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Fake News Nation: https://amzn.to/3rGg77W