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Podcast: The San Francisco Experience
Episode: BBC Trending: Social Media watchdog. An interview with editor Mike Wendling
Description: Media literacy is so important today since millions of Americans get their news from Social Media which unlike legacy press and TV is neither edited nor curated. Separating fact from fiction, conspiracy theory, falsehood and agitprop can be a full time job. The BBC Trending program tracks social media and shines the light of researched fact on fake news and disinformation.