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Better Beware – Snake Oil at Light Speed

We’re having another epidemic — of health misinformation, spread at the speed of light on the internet, and especially on social media. Swallowing lies and wrong information can literally kill you! Here are some facts, and some ways to stay safe…and healthy.

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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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WFHB Local News – Election Security

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020. Later in the program, you will hear from Scott Shackleford, Cyber Security Program Chair at IU-Bloomington, about a recent study on election security. That’s coming up in today’s feature report. Local News Brief Monroe County reported 55 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, the second highest number of confirmed …

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