07/03/2023: How to Spot Fake News - A CIA Operative's Guide
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
On this special episode of The Wright Report, we turn our attention to the topic of 'Fake News'. Triggered by queries from our listeners, Samantha from South Carolina and Jason from Colorado, we explore how to discern fake news and provide insights from my experience as a CIA Operations Officer. In the spirit of the July 4th celebrations, we also delve into the founding of the country, touching on misconceptions and untruths that have been propagated over the years.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, July 3rd. |
| 0:03.6 | I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer. |
| 0:07.1 | And this is The Right Report. |
| 0:10.6 | Hey, good day to you ladies and gentlemen. |
| 0:18.2 | Welcome to The Right Report, your daily news podcast. |
| 0:21.6 | Today, we've got a special focus on fake news. |
| 0:25.8 | And it's because I got two emails over the weekend, one from Samantha in Greenville, |
| 0:29.9 | South Carolina. |
| 0:31.4 | She saw former president Donald Trump over the weekend at her backyard, as it were, and |
| 0:35.4 | he was talking all about fake news. |
| 0:37.4 | I also got a note from Jason in Denver, Colorado, who wanted to know how to better spot fake |
| 0:42.4 | news, and whether or not my CIA training might give him any insights on how to do it. |
| 0:48.4 | So that is what we are tackling today, fake news. |
| 0:51.3 | On what is a long week of festivities related to July 4th, America's Independence. |
| 0:56.7 | And that is actually where we start today with fake news, the founding of the country. |
| 1:02.6 | So let's get started with today's special brief. |
| 1:06.1 | The name Thomas Hutchinson probably doesn't mean much to many of us today, but if you were |
| 1:10.6 | in colonial America, boy, it certainly did. |
| 1:13.9 | He was a graduate of Harvard, all the way back in 1727. |
| 1:17.8 | He became a very wealthy man, then a politician first in the city of Boston, and then he became |
| 1:23.7 | the governor of Massachusetts, which of course at the time was still under the rule of the |
| 1:28.8 | British crown. |
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