Fact checkers overwhelmed in era of falsehoods

from Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

There was another loss in the war on truth this week when longtime fact-checker Glenn Kessler stepped down from his role at The Washington Post.A pioneering fact-checker, Glenn Kessler describes how political culture and social media have fuelled the rise of unchecked falsehoods.

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