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Do our news channels actually inform us?

Cassino, Dan, Peter Woolley & Krista Jenkins . What You Know Depends on What You Watch: Current Events Knowledge across Popular News Sources. Fairleigh Dickinson University's Public Mind Poll. May 3, 2012. http://publicmind.fdu.edu/2012/confirmed/. Accessed 2 Oct. 2018.

The Disinformation Playbook

How Science is Used to Advance Corporate Interests
The Union of Concerned Scientist published The Disinformation Handbook to reveal "how business interests deceive, misinform, and buy influence at the expense of public health and safety." Specific examples throughout American history are provided including:

Industrial - Strength Denial: eight stories of corporations defending the indefensible, from the slave trade to climate change by Barbara Freese Industrial-Strength Denial warns that the corporate form gives people tremendous power to inadvertently cause harm while making it especially hard for them to recognize and feel responsible for that harm.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780520296282
Publication Date: 2020

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ENSL111- Reading for ESL Students - Lester: Know your Facts

Do our news channels actually inform us?

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