How to Spot Fake News - Part 1 - a podcast by Curious Cut PH

In democracy, the power to make national decisions resides with the people. But what happens when the people are manipulated into deciding against their own interest and in favor of the powerful few?

 

In this 2-part special, journalist Regine Cabato joins us as we investigate how the systematic spread of false information blunts our ability to elect good leaders. We also learn some handy measures on how to tell whether the “news” we consume is fact or fiction.

SOURCES AND RELATED MATERIALS:

"Made in the Philippines: Fake social media accounts and trolls with global ambitions" by Regine Cabato and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post: https://wapo.st/38J0vM5

"How the Philippines’ brutal history is being whitewashed for voters" by Regine Cabato and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post: https://wapo.st/39nppAZ

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Fact-checkers 👇👇👇

Vera Files: https://verafiles.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/verafiles/

Fact Check Philippines: https://www.facebook.com/FactCheckPhils/

Out of the Box: https://www.ootbmedialiteracy.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/ootbmedialiteracy/

Tsek PH: https://www.tsek.ph/ and https://www.facebook.com/tsek.ph/

FAKE NEWS QUIZ: https://www.inclusivedemocracy.ph/fakenewschallenge

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