#202 | A History of Fake News
English Learning for Curious Minds
00:00
The Power of Fake News for Political Gain
In ancient rome, there was a power struggle between octavian and mark antony. Octavian knew that he needed to have the public on his side. He put out a vicious propaganda campaign portraying mark Antony as a drunk womanizer who had been corrupted by his affair with cleopatra. But a lot of what was written about markAntony simply wasn't true. And ever since, fake stories have been used for political gain,. often with far more tragic consequences than one man failing to become emperor. On easter sunday in 14 75, in prento in modern day italy, a young boy went missing. A priest told his congregation that
Transcript
Play full episode
