“Fake News, Truths and Your Vote”

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
PROGRAM #10504 11:00 AM PT

“Fake News, Truths and Your Vote.”

Social media networks and some conventional media outlets are increasingly purveyors of fake news, often disparaging immigrants, such as “news” about migrants exploiting public benefits or non-citizens voting. How pervasive and dangerous are those messages? What can journalists do to help people identify and combat misinformation and disinformation? Radio Bilingüe and media partners are convening a public forum next week to address those questions. This is a preview of the forum.

Guests: Alma Martínez, Executive Director, Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, Fresno, CA; Alfredo Corchado, Executive Director, Puente News Collaborative, El Paso, TX.

“Prebunking.” A social research organization released a report featuring best practices on how to inoculate Latino communities against misinformation. The report includes the practice of “prebunking,” an approach that “builds resistance against falsehoods by explaining to audiences the techniques bad actors might use to manipulate them online.” The leader of this initiative discusses the report.

Guest: Roberta S. Braga, Founder and Executive Director, Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas-DDIA, Washington, DC.

Photo: Christoph Scholz/Flickr

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