Recode Decode: Phil Howard and Emily Bell

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Phil Howard, the Oxford Internet Institute director and author of Lie Machines, and Emily Bell, the director of Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of disinformation and propaganda in the coronavirus pandemic and how what we're hearing this year compares to the state-organized propaganda that infected elections in 2016. They explain some of the most pervasive conspiracy theories and campaigns — including the untruthful documentary-style movie "Plandemic," how Bill Gates replaced George Soros as the leading right-wing boogeyman, and President Trump's amorphous "Obamagate" insinuations. Bell and Howard also talk about why these lies are spreading so effectively, the celebrities and influencers that are helping them along, and how the big tech platforms are faring in the face of this challenge. Plus: How Facebook built "misinformation factories" in its apps. Featuring: Emily Bell (@emilybell), director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism Phil Howard (@pnhoward), director, Oxford Internet Institute and author, Lie Machines. Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: On Reset, Arielle Duhaime-Ross explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. On Recode Media, Peter Kafka interviews business titans, journalists, comedians and podcasters about the collision of tech and media. On Pivot, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about the big tech news stories of the week, who's winning, who's failing, and what comes next. And on Land of the Giants, Jason Del Rey chronicled the rise of Amazon. Season 2 will focus on Netflix and is coming soon! About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode and @voxdotcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:28.4	Hi, I'm Kira Swisher, Editor at Large of Recode. You think you know me as a popular baker of
1:33.2	desserts on Instagram, but that isn't me. It's all cake news. But in my spare, oh, Eric,
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1:41.9	a podcast about power change and the people you need to know were part of the Vox Media Podcast
1:47.8	network. Today, we're joined by two experts in media disinformation Emily Bell from Columbia
1:52.7	University and Phil Howard from Oxford University. Emily is the director of the Tao Center for
1:58.4	Digital Journalism at Columbia and Phil is the director of the Oxford Internet Institute. He's
2:04.2	also the author of a new book about disinformation in the 2016 election called Lie Machines. So we'll
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