How Can You Tell Satire from Misinformation?
- Title:
- How Can You Tell Satire from Misinformation?
- Description:
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Some satire websites go to great lengths to label themselves as satirical. Others don’t. So what happens when people mistake satire for real information? In this episode, we look at how satire gets labeled - and mislabeled - online. Daniel Funke from Politifact and satirists Jeremy Levick and Rajat Suresh join.
Politifact: https://www.politifact.com/
Resources
How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/21/one-most-popular-false-news-sites-facebook-part-pa/
Amanpour & Company parody: https://twitter.com/jeremylevick/status/1245174763808608256Don’t forget to Like & Subscribe: https://bit.ly/3dziPoH
Take on Fake debunks claims you’ve seen or shared online to show you how to stay informed. Host Hari Sreenivasan follows the Internet rabbit hole of misinformation, reading beyond a single headline to find credible sources to uncover the truth.#TakeOnFake
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
Amplifying Voices
- Project:
- Misinformation and Disinformation
- Duration:
- 05:15