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The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast

41. The Anatomy of Fake Facebook Fact Check

The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast

Sharyl Attkisson

News

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The anatomy of fake Facebook fact check

I dig into the prevailing media narratives about coronavirus, including “fact checks,” that have themselves been proven false. Who is behind them? You'll be amazed at who Facebook is letting help censor information about China's controversial Wuhan lab. (Hint: she's a scientist who works at the lab...)

Who is controlling your information online and on the news?

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0:00.0

Hi everybody Cheryl Ackison here

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here.

0:10.1

Welcome to another edition of the Cheryl Ackison Podcast on Just the News.com, a digital news site dedicated

0:16.6

to facts not spin, and reporting on underreported stories and views that cut across the grain

0:22.4

or are ignored by other media outlets.

0:25.1

I hope you'll subscribe to all of our Just the News podcasts, including John Solomon reports and

0:29.8

the Pod's Honest Truth.

0:32.3

Today I'm going to dissect a fake Facebook fact check. We'll look at

0:36.7

who's pulling the strings online when it comes to controlling information. It will really

0:41.4

open your eyes.

0:43.0

Before we dive in, you can

0:47.0

before we dive in, you can pre-order my new book,

0:54.4

Slanted how the news media taught us to love censorship

0:57.8

and hate journalism on Amazon or anywhere.

1:01.8

It's very much in line with today's conversation.

1:05.0

Sometimes I worry about the managed media environment,

1:08.0

how hard it can be to get at the truth,

1:10.0

to believe what's being widely reported.

1:12.0

I worry about how media, whether it's mainstream

1:16.6

news reporters, alternate news reporters, how they're fanning out to further propaganda and

1:22.1

narratives to define the parameters of any

1:24.5

discussion as to what's acceptable to say and consider even when as is the case with

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