Faking the Presses Podcast

Join me as I speak to journalists and experts about the fake news, disinformation, misinformation and online manipulation they've covered. I originally created this series for a school assignment.

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01. Introduction

In this episode, host, Kyana A introduces herself, the origins of the podcast and its premise.

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02. Fake fake fake! Fake presses, fake news, fake facts with Blake Lambert

In this episode, Kyana talks to Blake Lambert, an instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University's school of journalism and Humber College's liberal studies department. Kyana and Blake talk about fake news and disinformation in a general sense, covering its history, why Blake thinks people spread fake news, visual media's relationship to fake news, and much more.

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03. Troll farms? with Craig Silverman pt. 1

In this episode, Kyana talks to Craig Silverman, an award-winning journalist and author, an expert on online disinformation, fake news, and digital investigations, and a national reporter for ProPublica. Kyana and Craig discuss part of his 2022 piece for ProPublica called "Infamous Russian Troll Farm Appears to Be Source of Anti-Ukraine Propaganda."

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03.5. Troll farms? with Craig Silverman pt. 2

In this episode, Kyana talks to Craig Silverman, an award-winning journalist and author, an expert on online disinformation, fake news, and digital investigations, and a national reporter for ProPublica. Kyana and Craig discuss (the last) part of his 2022 piece for ProPublica called "Infamous Russian Troll Farm Appears to Be Source of Anti-Ukraine Propaganda."

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04. Ukrainian Biolabs conspiracies with Justin Ling

In this episode, Kyana talks to Justin Ling, a freelance investigative journalist, podcast host and author. Kyana and Justin talk about his 2022 video report for CBC News: The National called "How the Ukraine Biolabs conspiracy theory went mainstream."

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05. Life in Xinjiang propaganda with Jeff Kao

In this episode, Kyana talks to Jeff Kao, a computational journalist for ProPublica. Kyana and Jeff discuss his 2021 piece for ProPublica and the New York Times called "How China Spreads Its Propaganda Version of Life for Uyghurs." Note: My apologies if I pronounced "Xinjiang" incorrectly.

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05.5. Life in Xinjiang propaganda with Jeff Kao pt. 2

In this episode, Kyana talks to Jeff Kao, a computational journalist for ProPublica. Kyana and Jeff discuss (the last part of) his 2021 piece for ProPublica and the New York Times called "How China Spreads Its Propaganda Version of Life for Uyghurs." Note: My apologies if I pronounced "Xinjiang" incorrectly.

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