Unspun Amanda Sturgill
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Unspun is critical thinking about the news. Hear real examples, past and present, of newsmakers attempting to mislead you and understand how they manipulate the truth. Learn how to avoid being swayed by fake news and misinformation. Get Unspun, because you deserve the truth.
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Episode 19.5 - How news interviews work
How does the news decide who to interview, and what do they do with people who just don't want to answer the questions? Dr. Sturg breaks it down in this week's mini-sode of UnSpun.
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Episode 19: Courts and media coverage (feat. Asha Rangappa and Renato Mariotti)
Do attorneys plan for media coverage as a part of a trial? Do reporters covering courts do a good job, or are they missing things. Asha Rangappa and Renato Mariotti answer questions about the intersection between the courts and the media in this episode of UnSpun.
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UnSpun Rewind - Getting along with difficult people
They are name-calling in congressional committees and judges don't like it when witnesses roll their eyes. It's summer travel time in North America, and as we get ready to go see those relatives we really disagree with, we're re-airing an episode on getting along across difference.
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Episode 18.5: Headlines for news are changing
Headlines are an evolving art, as the pressures of digital algorithms are forcing news makers to emphasize the popular over the important. In this minisode of UnSpun, Dr. Sturg explains how headlines come to be and shares the latest research on how that affects you, the audience.
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Episode 18: The Big Lie (feat. Jen Mercieca)
Boys crying wolf aside, sometimes repeating a bold lie makes people more likely to believe it. In this week's Unspun, Dr. Sturg breaks down the big lie and guest Dr. Jennifer Mercieca talks about how politicians with no accountability to the truth are bad for democracy.
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Episode 17.5 Are press briefings PR?
In this minisode of UnSpun, Dr. Sturg breaks down how press conferences work and how they are used to shape the public's view of what a newsmaker is doing.