Only the Fake News Would Come Up with This (with Amol Rajan)

About this episode

Amol Rajan joins Armando to discuss the impact of politicians using new media to communicate directly with the public and the implications for political language.

Politicians have their own podcasts, the Government has launched a YouTube channel. It seems our political class want to bypass traditional media to get their message out. Why is that? How does it affect political language? As he prepares to take his own steps into a new media landscape, Amol Rajan joins Armando to discuss this and more. We also hear about misleading news headlines, Trump's 'doctored' image, and find out if elves are really poisoning our water? Got a strong message for Armando? Email us at strongmessagehere@bbc.co.uk Sound editing: Chris Maclean Production Coordinator: Caroline Barlow Executive Producer: Richard Morris Recorded at the Sound Company Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios production for Radio 4.

People in this episode

Host: Armando

Guest: Amol Rajan

Topics covered

• political media
• podcasts
• misleading news
• political language
• new media landscape

Keywords

• politicians
• podcasts
• YouTube channel
• misleading news headlines
• Trump
• elves
• water poisoning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio 4, Government

Places: Sound Company

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