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BREAKING the DEADLOCK: Truth Under Fire

Season 2025 Episode 2 | 56m 05s

Facing a gripping hypothetical dilemma—disinformation about a controversial school board decision spreading rapidly on social media—a panel of experts grapples with what is true, and what truth even means today. Watch BREAKING the DEADLOCK: Truth Under Fire.

Aired: 10/20/25 | Expires: 10/20/28
Funding for this program was provided in part by grants from The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation and by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation and by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Location furnished by The New York Historical.
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