As Americans remain glued to the news coming out of Ukraine, Matter of Fact looks at the amount of misinformation and disinformation on-line. Soledad speaks with Tow Center of Digital Journalism Founding Director Emily Bell about Russian propaganda, social media reshares and how we can all be smarter consumers of media.
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