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75: Fake News (with Jack Grieve)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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The Importance of Fake News Research

The author of a new book on fake news says the New York Times didn't spot Jason Blair's lies. The theory is in part that, at least in the case of Blair, this was reflecting the pressures of this changing news media landscape," he says. "We need to be really careful when reading all this news and be highly skeptical"

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