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Can You Trust the Media? | Manufacturing Consent Explained

The term "fake news" is thrown around without much thought, but with more and more people losing faith in the media, honesty in news broadcasting is something we need to consider. In this episode, Second Thought takes a look at whose interests the corporate media serves, and evaluates whether we should trust mainstream news.

This video's script was written in collaboration with Flavio Affinito. Music by Sam Kužel 

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