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Civic Conversations: Disinformation

The League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County brings you the latest installment of its podcast on the WFHB Local News – Civic Conversations. Today’s episode revolves around disinformation and features our guest, Professor Betsi Grabe of the IU Media School. Professor Grabe says disinformation can be used as an umbrella term for false information, but she adds that an …

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Better Beware – Get the Facts

What are the Facts? Who can you believe? Sometimes news sources can be hard to trust, but have no fear. Here are some ways to check the facts and make up your mind.

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Better Beware – Mis and Dis Information

There’s been a lot of information flying into my eyes and ears lately about the Coronavirus pandemic, and some of it has turned out to be just plain wrong, even though it really did come from somebody I know. News stories, emails, facebook posts, text messages and even robocalls are flying around with all kinds of information about the COVID-19 …

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Better Beware – Fake Hacks and Phones

How do you know what fake news is fake? try out the website fake-news.research.sfu.ca. It’s a fake news detector that will tell you whats what and where to get more information. Also, watch for hackers in your google home, social security, and protect yourself with a password. Hear more on this segment of Better Beware!

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Daily Local News – November 15, 2018

Indiana has released accountability grades for schools within the state, but more than half of the schools within the Monroe County Community School Corporation don’t yet have grades; Indiana is reporting the first death of a resident, due to influenza this year; An ice storm that hit parts of Indiana created hazardous roads conditions that contributed to one motorist’s death, shut …

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Voices In The Street – “Fake News”

Donald Trump has repeatedly called American media “fake news.” Most recently the White House revoked CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s press credentials. Voices in the Street’s Isaak Gonzalez asks area listeners about their opinions on the current state of the American media. 

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Interchange – The Bluff of the Century: Nixon, Alger Hiss, and the Cold War

Tricky Dick started out that way… Today’s show is about knowing and believing. And our key players are Alger Hiss, Richard Nixon, and Whittaker Chambers. Behind the scenes lurks the military industrial complex as fronted by the Dulles brothers, in particular John Foster, and corporate collaboration with Hitler’s Third Reich. But there is also in this story the justified fear …

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