The Death of Truth

Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

Lincoln Square

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.9 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Truth in politics has become an oxymoron. In this episode Wilson is joined by veteran journalist and author Steven Brill to discuss his latest book, "The Death of Truth." Brill, the founder of NewsGuard, dives into how social media and the internet have become powerful tools for spreading disinformation, influencing politics, and polarizing society. The conversation covers the impact of generative AI, programmatic advertising, and the role of bad actors like Russia, China, and Iran in propagating falsehoods. Brill shares insights on combating these issues, including potential regulatory measures and political reforms. Steven's book, "The Death of Truth," available now. Timestamps: (00:02:00) The Death of Truth (00:08:09) The Russian disinformation machine (00:20:21) The hill that companies die on (00:27:11) Strategies against disinformation Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	There was also maintained what was called an enemy's list, which is rather expensive and continually being updated.
0:45.0	Democrats want Republicans dead.
0:50.0	Where I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay?
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1:06.0	On January 6th of 2021 you had tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.
1:12.0	So, it's not a right-wing conspiracy.
1:14.0	You're doing on.
1:15.0	It's real.
1:17.0	I'm Rick Wilson, and this is the enemy's list.
1:28.5	We are joined today by Stephen Brill. Stephen is a guy who has been around American journalism and writing for a very long time created American lawyer, content, court TV.
1:37.2	You did clear, which I did not know until today.
1:41.0	So Stephen has been around American media for a long time. He has
1:44.5	written a really important new book about this moment we find ourselves in. The
1:49.3	book is called The Death of Truth, how social media and the internet gave Snake Oil Salesmen and
1:54.2	demagogues the weapon they needed to destroy trust and polarize the world
1:58.0	and what we can do about it. We're going to dive in today on this with Stephen
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