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Getting the Facts Straight: Can You Tell Difference Between What’s Real and What’s Not?

September 20, 2020

It’s another election year and as our technology gets more advanced, so do the attempts to mislead voters. Social media sites have promised to crack down on false information, in part by using fact checkers. But now, even the fact checking process has become the target of disinformation campaigns. We talk to Angie Holan to get the facts on fact checkers.

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