Disinformation is a Threat to Democracy Says Barbara McQuade

We have to care more about truth than tribe. We have to care more about each other than about profit.
Barbara McQuade

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Barbara McQuade is a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School. She is also a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and a co-host of the podcast #SistersInLaw. Her new book Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.

Key Highlights
• Introduction - 0:20
• Propaganda Today - 3:05
• Disinformation and Polarization - 19:57
• Free Speech - 24:29
• Attack from Within - 37:14
Key Links

Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741677/attack-fro…) by Barbara McQuade

Learn more about Barbara McQuade (barbaramcquade.com)

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