Against the backdrop of the devastating LA fires, with a new President in the White House and as Meta announces its retreat from fact checking, Bryce visits San Francisco where public broadcaster KQED is mounting a rearguard action to fight fake news, and meets with Stanford University’s Professor Sam Wineburg - an academic sounding the alarm on a looming global disinformation crisis.

Links:

Sam Wineburg’s book, Verified

Professor Sam Wineburg: Stanford

KQED Youth Media Challenge

Corporation for Public Broadcasting - US

Articles:

Sam Wineburg’s USA Today op-ed

KQED faces budget cuts: $8m 

Cuts threaten public broadcasting in the US

Australian Government: Social media ban for under 16s

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