Fake News at the New York Times The Case of Jayson Blair

* This episode contains no particular contentwarnings, there is however a very brief mention of another case involving sexual abuse * This episode is about the New York Times, a high reputation paper of record in the Untied States, and how in theearly 2000s they came to publish a series of articles, which turned out to be plagiarised or untrue. Together with Professor Jack Grieve, from the University of Birmingham, our hosts Nicci and Tim take a look at how a linguistic approach to detecting fake news can make a difference. For a list of our sources and more information about this case, please visit https://www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs  Have a question for Nicci or Tim? Email us at [email protected] and we may answer it duringan upcoming episode! Check out the official AIFL blog for more forensic linguistic goodies here: https://medium.com/@AIFLblog  Production Team: Angela Walker, Jordan Robertson, Neus Alberich BueraSound:Angela WalkerVisual design: George GrantAdditional Voices: Angela WalkerWith our thanks to Professor Jack Grieve Professor Tim Grant’s home page: Tim Grant - Aston Research Explorer Dr Nicci MacLeod’s home page: Nicci MacLeod - Aston Research Explorer Professor Jack Grieve’s home page: Professor Jack Grieve - Department ofLinguistics and Communication - University of Birmingham Link to the book: The Language of Fake News