The election vote in Georgia now has voted to require that poll workers count ballots by hand this year.

On this week's show, we track efforts across the country to make voting harder.

From W NYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Michael Lohanger.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone.

News outlets are bracing for waves of disinformation on election night and beyond.

The challenge for news organizations is going to be reaching people like my mom

who are very smart, but who may just be getting their facts from different places than the

traditional mainstream media. Plus the intensified role of music and

celebrity in this as the responsiveness of her candidates to the needs of the people. This is at least a pathway.

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Michael Lohanger.

Voting machinemaker Smartmatic has reached a settlement in its defamation case against Newsmax. The deal came as jury

selection began for a trial in Delaware. Smartmatic had argued the cable

channel's hosts and guests made false and defamatory claims that the company played a role in stealing the election

from Donald Trump. Newsmax said it was only reporting on allegations being

made by Trump and his allies. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

The settlement comes nearly four years

after Newsmax guests and hosts

spread a series of bizarre conspiracy theories about Smartmatic and Dominion, two companies that operate voting machines

and software throughout the US.

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