Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
Fake News: An Origin Story
25 minutes Posted Jun 25, 2018 at 6:00 pm.
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Fake news may seem new, but in reality, it's as old as American journalism. This week, we look at a tension at the heart of news coverage: Should reporters think of the audience as consumers, or as citizens? Should the media give people what they want, or what they need?