A Video So Real It Looks Fake
Question Everything
Brian Reed
4.6 • 707 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Brian sits down with expert fact-checker Sofia Rubinson who spends hours every day tracking lies online, and together they dissect a single lie that’s been rocketing around the world to millions of people, affecting the way people think about the war in Iran — including the world’s biggest podcaster.
Sofia says the AI deepfakes she’s seen consume the internet in just the last few weeks make her worried that we’ve entered a dangerous new phase of disinformation.
Watch the video of Benjamin Netanyahu featured in this episode, which NewsGuard confirmed to be real.
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“Question Everything” is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory.
Guests:
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Sofia Rubinson, senior editor of Reality Check for NewsGuard
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| 1:37.7 | Today I'm going to sit down with somebody who spends all day tracking lies on the internet. |
| 1:42.0 | And together, she and I are going to dissect a single lie that's been rocketing around the world this week, getting millions, millions of views on social media, affecting the way people think about the war in Iran, being repeated by state media. |
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