How to Save the 2020 Election: Journalism and Social Media

Function with Anil Dash

• Episode: How to Save the 2020 Election: Journalism and Social Media
• Website: Function with Anil Dash
• Feed URL: https://feeds.feedburner.com/FunctionWithAnilDash
• Duration: 00:49:11
• Published: 2019-11-20 12:00

What happens when social networks become social media, and tech starts making editorial decisions? Anil talks with NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen about the priorities of tech companies and how their faux neutrality and feigned ignorance has taken a toll on our news cycles and elections. Together, they identify the problems that the press is facing, like attention hacking and misinformation, in order to focus on how the press and us as citizens can reclaim “the news” and what they care about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices