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Democracy Under Siege: Disinformation in the 2024 Election

Season 1 Episode 117 | 26m 46s

In the wake of Donald Trump's shooting, falsehoods flooded our feeds faster than facts. The problem of disinformation, the deliberate spread of false or misleading information, isn’t new, but the stakes are high in this critical election year. In this monthly installment of “Meet the BIPOC Press”, we ask: Who are the targets of disinformation in the run up to the 2024 election and why?

Aired: 04/04/24 | Expires: 04/04/25
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
BIPOC media cover people, places & perspectives beyond the conventional enclaves of power.
Election ads are filling the news vacuum with misinformation and lies. What is to be done?
How can reformers counter the rhetoric around crime and migration to advance alternatives?
Bloomberg's Stephanie Flanders shares what we should look out for this election year.
Angela Davis talks Palestine, elections, our carceral state and collective liberation.
Artist Ai Weiwei discusses how we keep the doors of our minds open to possibility
Gender-conscious policy can support homeless women who are domestic violence survivors.
Corporate greenwashing has hijacked Earth Day but the ideas behind the holiday are urgent.
How do we end political violence, protect one another and democracy itself?
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BIPOC media cover people, places & perspectives beyond the conventional enclaves of power.
Election ads are filling the news vacuum with misinformation and lies. What is to be done?
Angela Davis talks Palestine, elections, our carceral state and collective liberation.
Artist Ai Weiwei discusses how we keep the doors of our minds open to possibility
Corporate greenwashing has hijacked Earth Day but the ideas behind the holiday are urgent.
How can reformers counter the rhetoric around crime and migration to advance alternatives?
Gender-conscious policy can support homeless women who are domestic violence survivors.
Bloomberg's Stephanie Flanders shares what we should look out for this election year.
Maurice Mitchell of the Working Families Party discusses the 2024 presidential election.