English Podcast with Tommy

Calling out misinformation and disinformation


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In an impromptu and spontaneous episode I look at two words that have become more and more important in recent times: misinformation and disinformation.

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These two words have become more and more prevalent in our everyday lives, especially since the Covid pandemic.

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But now more so as certain people with a lot of power deliberately try to mislead us by posting disinformation.

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My message to you in this episode is to think about how we can stop this, by calling it out, or by using trusted sources for our information.

- Misinformation is the term to describe getting facts wrong.

- Disinformation is false information deliberately intended to mislead people.

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English Podcast with TommyBy Tamás Bradford


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