“It’s our job to discern between real and fake, and
it’s only getting harder. How we handle this (misinformation) is a key question
for our democracy, our culture, our nation.”
—Mike
Mulcahy, managing editor, Minnesota Public Radio, in David Klepper, “Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news,”
The Associated Press, March 15, 2020.
• Editorial Comment: Wait. There’s misinformation?
• Related: Minnesota Public Radio, Disinformation
2020: Can you believe it?
Who Is That Masked Man?
Check out the April issue of Senior News — “An Unsettling Spring.”
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