EPISODE · Mar 7, 2026 · 31 MIN
Disinformation and the War with Iran with Sofia Rubinson and Isis Blachez
from The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast · host The Pell Center at Salve Regina University
Truth is the first casualty of war, and the sheer volume of digital disinformation coming out of the war with Iran only proves the point. News Guard’s Sofia Rubinson and Isis Blachez review the phony images and videos claiming Iranian battlefield successes not borne out by the evidence. In addition, hosts Jim Ludes and Mark Jacobson discuss other reporting on emerging themes in Spanish language disinformation ahead of the U.S. midterm elections before turning their attention to the power of humor, among other things, to counter disinformation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Truth is the first casualty of war, and the sheer volume of digital disinformation coming out of the war with Iran only proves the point. NewsGuard’s Sofia Rubinson and Isis Blachez review the phony images and videos claiming Iranian battlefield successes not borne out by the evidence. In addition, hosts Jim Ludes and Mark Jacobson discuss other reporting on emerging themes in Spanish language disinformation ahead of the U.S. midterm elections before turning their attention to the power of humor, among other things, to counter disinformation.
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