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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: Why politicians need to be careful about adding to a rise in disinformation
Description: Tomorrow, after nearly two months of campaigning, and countless press conferences, policy announcements and interviews, New Zealand will choose the next government. With advanced voting down from 2020, many of us will still be trying to make up our minds on who we want to lead the next government and are still consulting polls, analysis and party manifestos to make that decision. But along with the official information, there is plenty of disinformation and misinformation circulating. Some is fuelled by global discourse, some is generated by lingering discontent over long abandoned policies, and some has been fu...