Edward Wasserman on Fake News and the Threat to Democracy

November 6, 2017

On Sept. 21, 2017 Edward Wasserman, Ph.D, Dean and professor of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism was the keynote speaker at California State University, Bakersfield’s Kegley Institute of Ethics 13th Annual Fall Lecture. The lecture, titled, “Fake News and the Threat to Democracy,” explores the difference between fake and real news, the gray area in-between, and learning how to critically engage all information sources.

 

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