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The World Debate: Davos: The Fake News Challenge to Politics

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27/01/2018 GMT

Davos: The Fake News Challenge to Politics

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Zeinab Badawi and panel in Davos discuss the distortion of truth. Can a free and fair media restore trust in political debate?

Hacking, leaking and disputing the facts - it’s never been easier to distort the truth. Can a free and fair media still operate in a digitised world and restore trust in political debate? Zeinab Badawi discusses the issues with a panel of political and media figures at the World Economic Forum in Davos, including: Joseph Kahn - Managing Editor, New York Times; Anna Belkina - Deputy Editor in Chief, RT; Jimmy Wales - Co-Founder, Wikipedia.

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