"Since probably there was politics, there has been disinformation or misinformation."  KMOX Virtual Consumer Editor Megan Lynch talks with Kyle Dell, President of Vote Smart.   Vote Smart was launched in the 1980's with the goal of providing free, factual, non-partisan information about political candidates.

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The average American consumes 11 hours a day of electronic mass media! Learning to analyze media messages regardless of who sends them is a 21st century survival skill (in Missouri they're considering adding it to the school curriculum). What the Media ?!!? will explore topics like "How to spot a bot" and "why memes work". We speak with local Media Literacy professors and authors as our experts in addition to the anchors and reporters in our newsroom. A good comparison is a food critic - they look at how the food is prepared, who the chef is, how the food is presented, the texture etc. We will do the same for Media!