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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 Language of Fake News

The Language of Fake News is a new book about the ways in which people change their language when they're doing something real as opposed to when they are doing something fake. The author, Ben Cohen, says he and his co-authors first became aware of fake news around 2015 or 2016. We'll be looking at how Jason Blair's work was used by New York Times reporter for two different purposes: lying and telling the truth.

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