FULL FACT.org (independent fact checkers & campaigners) • Friday Rewind

About this episode

This episode features a rewind to a conversation with Will and Phoebe from Full Fact, discussing the evolution of misinformation over the past decade.

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Will & Phoebe of FULL FACT.ORG , originally episode 13 from 2015-01-07. As Pip mentions on the intro, it is quite a weird episode. This is of course not down the awesome guests representing FullFact, but more down to how drastically the media and basic human landscape has changed since the episode was broadcast 11 years ago. We've seen how much can change in a week - so with our perspective over a decade later, it's like stepping back into a very bizarre alternative timeline. What's weird is that the phrase "fake news" was a mere glint in some shady folks eyes, and also that this chat happened 5 years before a pandemic, which was where misinformation truly had its time in the sun. Let alone artificial intelligence. This is some novel-worthy stuff right here. Anyway - without getting too caught up in all of the chaos, FullFact is a VERY important organisation who specialise in neutralising dis/mis-information and set out to fully fact check what gets out there, so listen knowing that you can and should check in on their site…

People in this episode

Host: Scroobius Pip

Guests: Will, Phoebe

Topics covered

• fact checking
• misinformation
• media landscape
• independent organizations
• podcast rewind

Keywords

• fact checkers
• misinformation
• media change
• Full Fact
• podcast episode

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FULL FACT.ORG, FullFact, PIP'S PATREON PAGE, PIP TWITCH, PIP INSTAGRAM, SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE, PIP TWITTER, PIP IMDB

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