Did Post-Truth Overshadow US Election Coverage?
Post-truth, its prominence in the US election, and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s role in helping the listener understand it.
Next week on 20 January, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the president of America. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service covered this and the bitterly fought campaigns that took him there in 2016, but what did listeners think about how it handled the phenomenon of post-truth? It is a term which encompasses distortion, fakery and partisan reporting. It is the anomaly of something which is not true being believed because it is said enough times and shared repeatedly on social media.
In order to discuss this phenomenon and its role in the US elections Rajan invited senior commissioning editor, Steve Titherington, and Allan Little, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ broadcaster whose documentary tackling this very subject aired recently on the network. Steve talks about lessons learned and the role the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ needs to play in order to remain a trusted source of information. Allan Little reveals that he believes, in this post-truth era, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ needs to rethink what it means by balance.
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- Sat 14 Jan 2017 19:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Americas and the Caribbean & West and Central Africa only
- Sun 15 Jan 2017 09:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
- Mon 16 Jan 2017 02:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia & News Internet
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