THE FAKE NEWS FIGHTBACK with guest Alan Rusbridger

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Would you get get a vaccine passport if it meant you could go out to eat, drink and dance? Even if it created a two-tier Britain? Special guest Alan Rusbridger joins us to talk about his new book News And How To Use It, the crisis in journalism and how we fix it. And Frasier is coming back. Is this a good idea? Hardcore fangirl Yasmeen has thoughts. “Journalism is as essential as ambulances or the police…” – Alan Rusbridger “Vaccine passports? This is the Government wasting time thinking of solutions to problems that don’t exist” – Ian Dunt “You don’t want Mark Zuckerberg regulating your speech. But you don’t want Government regulating your speech either.” – Alan Rusbridger Presented by Andrew Harrison with Yasmeen Serhan and Ian Dunt. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.7	it's just over 12 months since the very first British death from coronavirus a year
1:17.9	later how are we handling the complex business of returning to normal life we're going to be
1:21.9	talking about vaccine passports a way to get restaurants gigs of severe consequences for civil liberties. Also, the former editor of the Guardian, Alan Rusperger joins us to talk about his new book, News and
1:36.2	how to use it, the future of journalism, and how to navigate a fake news world.
1:40.8	And Fraser is coming back.
1:42.2	Is that a good idea? How will the comedy of neurotic 90s narcissism fit into an even more self-obsessed present?
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1:51.0	All that more on today's bunker.
1:53.0	Welcome back to the weekly panel edition of the bunker.
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