Orson Welles (center) meeting with reporters after the <i>War of the Worlds</i> radio broadcast. November, 1938. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orson_Welles_1938_War_of_the_Worlds.jpg">The Express (Public Domain)</a>
Orson Welles (center) meeting with reporters after the War of the Worlds radio broadcast. November, 1938. CREDIT: The Express (Public Domain)

The History of Fake News, with Andie Tucher

Sep 4, 2018

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Historian Andie Tucher takes us through 400 years of fake news in America, starting with a fake story published in 1690. But today, she says, given the the speed, anonymity, and reach of the Internet it's a lot easier to get away with faking news in dangerous ways--and harder to push back, especially given the president's attitude that the press is the enemy of the people.

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