Media Literacy in an Age of Fake News

Fake news: It’s a term thrown around so indiscriminately that it’s nearly meaningless. Is it just news that you don’t like? Or a deliberate attempt to mislead? And, with so many news sources online, on the air and (ever less frequently) in print – along with the rise of AI – how do you know which are trustworthy? 

Gwen Florio spent more than four decades in the news business, including as a national correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and also taught journalism at the University of Montana. This program examines the difference between traditional objective reporting and the rise of opinion-based outlets, along with “pink slime” fake news sites, and provides fact-checking tools for when you’re in doubt about the information presented.