Media Roots Radio: US Generations of Fake News w/ Nolan Higdon

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Abby and Robbie Martin talk to Nolan Higdon, teacher of history and media studies and the author of two books, “The Anatomy of Fake News: A Critical News Education,” and “United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America” about the American legacy of fake news and how we can become media literate in today’s polarized post-truth era.

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