Week 5: What Are “€œAlternative Facts”?

Host Kerri Miller breaks down the meaning of “alternative facts” and what the term means for the future of civil discourse and democracy in America.

There’s so much more in this episode than just alternative facts.

• 23:00 how “stories can be twisted by what’s omitted” and how news organizations want one-sided sounds bites and not investigative reporting because the former make money.
• 27:50 the “stick to one lane of a complex problem” topic comes up. That’s my fave.
• 56:30 last caller, “I wanted to thank all of you at NPR for convincing me to vote for Trump.

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