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Hoaxes, lies and coronavirus
14 minutes Posted Mar 30, 2020 at 5:00 pm.
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As we try and contain the coronavirus outbreak, health authorities, governments and social media platforms are also battling the spread of misinformation about the virus. Today, Mike Seccombe on the question of who we trust in a crisis.

Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Mike Seccombe.

Background reading:

Fighting the Infodemic in The Saturday Paper

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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