Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics: Fact Checking, The New Journalism

Synopsis

This interview was conducted in the context of the 2016 US Presidential Election campaign. In it, Lucas Graves, assistant professor in the school of journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin Madison talks to James Kates about the emergence of fact checking as a necessary, if often maligned , attempt to get at the the elusive thing called ‘truth’.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2016

Subjects

Media studies

Keywords

Clinton, Hillary; elections; journalism; media reporting; political debate; USA; Trump, Donald

Online availability

URI

http://podacademy.org/podcasts/lies-damn-lies-statistics-fact-checking-new-journalism/

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Credits

Contributor

James Kates; Lucas Graves

Distributor

Name

Pod Academy

Email

thepod@podacademy.org

Web

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