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Disinformation Smells Bad
Tel Aviv Review
English - August 17, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutes - 25.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 141 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture interview jewish academic debate israel longform radio scholars Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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If healthy democracies depend on a well-informed citizen body, does disinformation destroy them? Can the average person know when to trust science, or spot bad information causing political and social mayhem?
In Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World, co-authors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin D. West argue that people have the power to judge data critically and independently – and they teach us how.
This episode is made possible by the Israel office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, which promotes peace, freedom, and justice through political education.
This season is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.