What the fact?

Tracing the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape, a journalist, scientist, medical professional, and professor gives readers the skills to identify and counter poorly sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.

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Main Author: Yasmin, Seema, 1982- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Tracing the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape, a journalist, scientist, medical professional, and professor gives readers the skills to identify and counter poorly sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.
Item Description:"Finding the truth in all the noise"--Front cover.
Physical Description:358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index.
ISBN:9781665900034
1665900032
Author Notes:Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, medical doctor, professor, and poet. She attended medical school at Cambridge University and worked as a disease detective for the US federal government's Epidemic Intelligence Service. She currently teaches storytelling at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a regular contributor to CNN, Self , and Scientific American , among others.