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It's okay for you to tell my story.

You don't know who you may be talking to.

That could put their finger right there.

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podcast. This is fresh air. I'm Terry Gross. When it comes to

counteracting contemporary propaganda, fact-checking doesn't stand a chance.

My guest, Peter Palmerencev writes that in his new book.

He goes on to say,

gutsy fact-checkers who sometimes at great personal risk

strive to establish the truth are ignored by millions of people who don't

want to hear the truth.

Worthy, well-researched journalism crumbles in the face of suspicion that the media are actually enemies of the people.

That's one of the conclusion Pomeransif has reached.

He researches and writes about contemporary propaganda, including in the US where he now lives.

His new book, How to Win an Information War,

is about the man he describes

as the forgotten genius of propaganda, Sefton Delmer. During World War II, Delmer became head of special

operations for the political warfare executive. He ran propaganda operations for the British against the Hitler regime.

He created radio shows broadcast into Germany,

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