Fake News, Myth of the Self-Made Man, Parent Previews

Fake News, Myth of the Self-Made Man, Parent Previews

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 5, Episode 294

  • Dec 9, 2016 5:00 pm
  • 2:25:50 mins

Fake News is Making News (18:30) Dr. Kelly Garrett teaches Communication at Ohio State University. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan. His research interests include the study of online political communication, online news, and the ways citizens and activists use technologies to shape their engagement with political topics. His recent work focuses on how people’s exposure to and perceptions of political information are related to their political beliefs. About a month ago ABC was caught staging a fake crime scene, and more recently the story of Pizzagate has flooded the internet. Fake news is making news as people are click-baited into a catchy headline. Professor Kelly Garrett discusses how news articles have so many fooled.  Tackling the Myth of the Self-Made Man (1:08:01) Tom English is an award-winning, innovative field sales Executive. He works within the Gale business unit in England. Tom is also an involved community member he is the Non-Executive Director of Unity Homes & Enterprise in Leeds England. How does someone become successful? Is it through careful preparation? Hard work? The ability to adapt and learn? All though these all play parts sometimes we forget that the self-made man doesn’t actually exist.  Tom English on the Myth of the Self-Made Man Parent Previews - Lion (1:53:25) Rod Gustafson from Parent Previews joins the show to review the new movie Lion