The Fight Against Fake News
Deputy director of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service, Jamie Angus, on how battle with fake new is going after three months.
In 2016, terms like βfake-newsβ, β post-truthsβ and βalternate-factsβ became commonplace. It was also the year β and not by coincidence β the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ decided to set up its own Reality Check team. It launched in January of this year and now, three months on, and with International Fact Checking Day having just passed, we thought we would find out how it is all going. The Deputy Director of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World service, Jamie Angus joins Rajan Datar to outline exactly what the commitment to fighting fake news means for listeners.
Producer: Leeanne Coyle
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- Sat 15 Apr 2017 17:50GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
- Sun 16 Apr 2017 09:50GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
- Mon 17 Apr 2017 04:50GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service East Asia & South Asia only
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