Disinformation and Misinformation
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this special collaboration with Latino USA, Maria and Julio are joined by Maria Teresa Kumar, founding president and CEO of Voto Latino, and Jaime Longoria, manager of research and training for the Disinfo Defense League at Media Democracy Fund for a conversation about misinformation and disinformation in the Latino community. They get into who is behind these disinformation campaigns, their impact on communities, and the organizing that is being done to counter these issues.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey dear listener, a quick favor. |
| 0:03.5 | We're conducting an audience survey and we'd be really grateful if you could take just |
| 0:07.8 | a few minutes and answer it. |
| 0:09.9 | So please visit survey.prx.org slash futuro. |
| 0:15.6 | To take our survey today, that's survey.prx.org slash futuro. |
| 0:22.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:32.9 | I'm not denying that there are campaigns out there that are working towards shifting Latino |
| 0:37.8 | sentiment, but missing disinformation is a symptom of a larger issue. |
| 0:42.9 | And this is only one way it's being enabled from futuro media and PRX. |
| 0:50.2 | In the thick, a podcast about politics, race, and culture, I'm Maria Inohosa. |
| 0:54.7 | And I'm Julio Ricallo-Varelo. |
| 0:56.1 | Training us from Washington, DC is Maria Teresa Kumar, founding president and CEO of Voto Latino, |
| 1:03.6 | a national voting rights organization, Maria Teresa. |
| 1:07.1 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:08.2 | Hey Maria. |
| 1:09.1 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:09.9 | Thank you. |
| 1:11.2 | And training us from Brooklyn, New York is kind of a long-awaited manager of research and |
| 1:15.6 | training for the disinfo defense league at the media democracy fund. |
| 1:20.8 | Welcome. |
| 1:21.8 | Hi, Michael. |
| 1:22.8 | Mustass. |
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