Fake News is Not the Problem (Audio)

I’m setting aside After Virtue for this week to deal with the problem of “fake news.” It appears to be a real threat to democracy. Is fake news the threat we should focus on, or is fake news the result of a larger problem–our excessive gullibility. And, what causes the excessive gullibility of ideological ciphers, fan-boys, shills, tools and zealots?

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Hi Laurie,

I recently listened to a Philosophize This! Podcast on Hannah Arendt (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx1hLz1yL8M) and think it nicely ties in with what you have been discussing recently. It seems like this material would really complement the content you have been covering on your channel. Thanks.

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