June 14th, 2022. Special Brief: The History of Fake News.

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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It’s June 14th. You’re listening to a special edition of the President’s Daily Brief. If you have listened to the PDB since the beginning, you will likely remember this edition of the PDB. Unfortunately, Bryan has fallen ill and so we have returned to one of our favorite briefs that a large portion of our audience still has not yet heard. ----- "Fake news" isn't new. We have had biased, leaning, and flat-out misleading news for a very long time. From William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer to the 2016 Presidential Election, this special brief takes a look at the history of fake news. Also, a suggestion on how to combat the urge to stop reading after the headline, ------ Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's June 14th, you're listening to the President's Daily Brief.
0:07.7	I'm your host and former CIA officer Brian Dean Wright.
0:11.1	Your morning intel starts now.
0:13.7	The brief you're about to hear is in the same spirit of the actual President's Daily Brief,
0:17.2	which is a top secret summary of the most critical events in the past 24 hours, all delivered
0:21.7	to the President each day by the nation spy masters.
0:25.1	And so ladies and gentlemen, I am your spy and this is your special brief covering the
0:29.5	issue of fake news.
0:31.4	If you have listened to the PDB since the very beginning, you will recognize this brief
0:36.5	even though you may not recognize this voice.
0:39.9	This is Eric Foster, producer of the PDB.
0:43.2	Remember when Brian briefed us recently on how COVID lockdowns have helped to create
0:47.6	super bugs out of our normal seasonal viruses?
0:51.0	Well, unfortunately Brian has caught one of those bugs and so like any good operative
0:56.2	team we have decided to pivot for today's brief.
1:00.7	Brian, I do hope you get better soon, my dear friend.
1:05.2	If you would also like to wish Brian well, as well as maybe let him know how much you
1:09.6	appreciate his work on this show, please feel free to reach out to him at PDB at thefirsttv.com.
1:19.1	Again, that's PDB at thefirsttv.com and now without further ado, your special brief
1:28.2	on fake news.
1:31.2	By now you have probably seen the headlines and concerns that the Biden administration
1:35.6	and its Department of Homeland Security have set up a disinformation governance board.
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