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Tom Brokaw; Fake News Bad, Getting Worse

Tom Brokaw; Fake News Bad, Getting Worse

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Former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw says the spread of so called “fake news” is unlike anything he has ever seen……

Brokaw was at the University of South Dakota, co-hosting a presentation on the “New Cold War” with Russian policy expert Robert Legvold.

Brokaw says it can be difficult for journalists to separate fact from fiction………….

Brokaw says news consumers have to become better judges of what they see and hear…..

Brokaw says if the fake news fits into a person’s bias, it is difficult to get them to take a more critical view.

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