Episode 141: Fake News in the American Revolution

Update: 2024-06-03

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Author Jordan Taylor examines a “post-truth” era that long predated misleading social media posts and unscrupulous twenty-first-century politicians, stretching back to when colonial newspapers printed false accounts of battles and beheadings. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast

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Episode 141: Fake News in the American Revolution

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Episode 141: Fake News in the American Revolution