How false news can spread - Noah Tavlin
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In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions for something called circular reporting. Noah Tavlin sheds light on this phenomenon.
What makes circularly reported facts so difficult to correct?
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- Educator Noah Tavlin
- Animator Patrick Smith
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Addison Anderson
