Checks and Balance: Reality wreck - a podcast by The Economist

The president’s tweet announcing hispositive coronavirus testwas his most shared ever - a shocking fact amid a mire of misinformation. This week’sangry TV debatebetween Donald Trump and Joe Biden highlighted how even the truth has become a partisan issue. Can reality be reclaimed?

We speak to MIT’s Sinan Aral, author ofThe Hype Machine,and Adam Roberts,The Economist’sMidwest correspondent reports from Iowa.

 

John Prideaux,The Economist's US editor, hosts with New York bureau chief Charlotte Howard, and Jon Fasman, Washington correspondent.

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