Two warnings: first, whenever there’s a disaster — like the incredible wildfires in California — scammers try to fool you into giving to fake charities. Here’s how to make sure your help gets to the real victims: check out any charity at https://www.charitynavigator.org/ or https://give.org/. Second, fake news and false information is now an avalanche that’s getting bigger and bigger. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSSDo you make up your own mind — or just choose who to believe? That can be dangerous, these days. “You pilot always into an unknown future. Facts are your single clue. Get the facts!” — Robert A. Heinlein
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:04 — 22.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe 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 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhat 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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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 5.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThere’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 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:01 — 9.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHow 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. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:49 — 21.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana 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 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:00 — 4.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreDonald 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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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:00 — 43.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | More 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 …
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