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The Real Deal On Fake News

You know it's out there, but how can you spot fake news and combat it? We discuss those issues on "Vermont Edition."
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You know it's out there, but how can you spot fake news and combat it? We discuss those issues on "Vermont Edition."

Where is the tipping point between a media source having a bias and one that is reporting fake news? And how can you spot news that really is fake?

Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College professor of government joins us to answer these questions and how to combat the preponderance of fake news.

He and his students recently issued a report — Real Solutions for Fake News? — that dives into the epidemic of fake news we're exposed to.

We also hear from Cyndy Scheibe, a professor of psychology at Ithaca College, about a program called "Media Literacy in Every Classroom," designed for use by teachers in grades K through 12.

Broadcast live Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 at noon, and rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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