Facebook & Fake News

Facebook & Fake News

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Future of GOP, Pandemic Inequality, Facebook & Fake News

Episode: Future of GOP, Pandemic Inequality, Facebook & Fake News

  • Feb 23, 2021 9:00 pm
  • 25:35 mins

Investigative journalist Maria Ressa has spent 30 years reporting in the Philippines and Indonesia and founded the independent news website Rappler. Her work has become a target of Philippines President Duterte and a sophisticated social media campaign designed to silence critics and convince people the press can’t be trusted–a social media campaign that Ressa blames on Facebook.