HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons hosts the most downloaded sports podcast of all time, with a rotating crew of celebrities, athletes, and media staples, as well as mainstays like Cousin Sal, Joe House, and a slew of other friends and family members who always happen to be suspiciously available.
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A lot of the time, when we talk about disinformation, it's like we're talking about garbage—not what's in the garbage, or who made the garbage, or why the garbage spreads, just that there is garbage and we have to get rid of it. That's a mistake.
Host Alice Marwick explores the relationship between disinformation, extremism, and media manipulation. Who's behind white supremacist disinformation? What are their motivations? Why is this content so sticky, and how does it keep getting pushed into the mainstream?
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