About this episode
This episode explores America's information divide and the historical campaign to undermine the press.
Just a few decades ago most people used — and trusted — the same news sources. Now, Americans are siloed in separate ecosystems, consuming conflicting depictions of reality. Misinformation runs rampant. Conspiracy theories flourish. And extremism grows. What can bring us back to a shared, fact-based understanding? A new miniseries from Landslide explores America's information divide — starting with a coordinated campaign in the early 1970s to undermine the press, and the alternate media ecosystem that followed. Created and hosted by Ben Bradford. To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
People in this episode
Host: Ben Bradford
Topics covered
- media
- misinformation
- conspiracy theories
- extremism
- information divide
- press
- alternate media
Keywords
- news sources
- siloed ecosystems
- fact-based understanding
- 1970s campaign
- media ecosystem
- extremism
- misinformation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NPR
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