Truth, Lies & Journalism | Jake Hanrahan
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“Shut the fuck up with your radical politics, and accept what people on the street are saying.”
SHOW DESCRIPTION
Location: Skype
Date: Friday, 20th March 2020
Company: Popular Front
Role: Journalist and filmmaker
Politics is more polarised than ever, is this just a reflection of society?
People tend to associate within closed communities, whether that be right or left-wing, libertarian or any other political or social group. With this, social media news feeds can become echo chambers, showing us tailored content which entrenches beliefs.
With this constant reassurance are we missing the nuance in the news? Are we losing objectivity with opinions that differ from ours?
What does this mean for journalism? Have we killed nuanced debate?
In this interview, I talk to Jake Hanrahan, Journalist, Filmmaker and the founder of Popular Front. We discuss navigating misinformation, peoples political and social bias and finding the nuance in news.
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SHOW NOTES
Connect with Jake:
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Jake’s work:
Mentioned in the show:
BBC: Hong Kong protests
Popular Front: Hong Kong protests in photos
Financial Times: UK armed forces prepare 20,000 troops to help in crisis
BBC: Coronavirus: Welsh ministers to be given 'draconian' powers
Al Jazeera: UK: Coronavirus emergency bill to become law in days
The Conversation: Coronavirus: the UK government's new emergency powers explained
The Economist: Fighting the pandemic - Armies are mobilising against the coronavirus | International
The Guardian: Are these widespread closures across Europe really 'draconian' measures?
Wikipedia: Bashar al-Assad
Al Jazeera: Assad pledges to continue onslaught that has displaced 900,000
Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
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