He interviewed the victims of fake news stories and the perpetrators of those stories. And he went inside the newsrooms sorting fact from fiction. Tonight this is your special look at after truth, disinformation and the cost of fake news. As someone working in politics in d. C. , what do you think about fake news . I would use fake news as a weapon, its out there. Germansse weapons, what are you going to do . It doesnt mean you like chemical weapons, you do what you have to do. I tried some fake news. Theyre terrible consequences, so what, thats what i say, so what. Whats the big deal. Weve always taken the position in this country, let it all come out, let it judge. Despite the dangers. How can the people judge fake stories and lies . Or do you think were in a post truth moment . I dont know. I mean, what is truth . You study philosophy. Theres no reality, theres only perception. Most philosophers would tell you, theres no such thing as truth to begin with. There is this ecosystem tha
The couple had recently spent time at the ranch of cliven bundy during his standoff with the federal government. We will speak with mark potok. Then for the second time in 48 hours, pakistans largest airport is forced to close to two an attack by taliban militants. We will go to pakistan for the latest. And then to the student debt. To get even more student borrowers a chance to save money requires action from congress. We will be signing an executive order that will make progress, but not enough. We need more. Products president obama moves to cap student loan payments at a time when tuition is spiraling beyond reach and student loan 1 trillion. Ed a new film ivory tower asks, is College Worth the cost . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracy now. Org a war and peace report, i am amy goodman. Five u. S. Service members and at least one afghan soldier have been killed in what appears to be on of the deadliest instances of from the fire of the war in afghani
The couple had recently spent time at the ranch of cliven bundy during his standoff with the federal government. We will speak with mark potok. Then for the second time in 48 hours, pakistans largest airport is forced to close to two an attack by taliban militants. We will go to pakistan for the latest. And then to the student debt. To get even more student borrowers a chance to save money requires action from congress. We will be signing an executive order that will make progress, but not enough. We need more. Products president obama moves to cap student loan payments at a time when tuition is spiraling beyond reach and student loan 1 trillion. Ed a new film ivory tower asks, is College Worth the cost . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracy now. Org a war and peace report, i am amy goodman. Five u. S. Service members and at least one afghan soldier have been killed in what appears to be on of the deadliest instances of from the fire of the war in afghani
The great shutdown of 2020 is under way. We know the hospital surge is coming. Preparations are under way in cities like seattle. Its like the arrival of a hurricane a hundred years ago. Before radars and satellites, when people would just feel the rain start to fall and feel the winds start picking up but no one knew how bad it would be or for how long. Thats what this kind of feels like. Let me say, the News Coverage should reflect those facts. These kinds of maps are important. It shows how many cases have been identified. But we also need to reflect the fact that no one knows the total actual number of coronavirus cases in the United States or elsewhere in the world. But frankly especially in the United States given the testing failures. This is the more important graphic showing the spread trajectory. We should be showing more on these graphics and showing americans why the u. S. Appears to be at this moment on the same path as italy and iran, et cetera. Look, this is all happenin
Then tried to grab his gun. Other witnesses have said brown had his hands up, then officer wilson repeatedly fired on him. I want to bring in Stephanie Elam in ferguson. So stephanie, take us through these tapes. Reporter fredericka, when you listen to the tapes, you know weve heard from witnesses on canfield, the avenue where mike brown was shot, but we hadnt heard more from the police side of things. When you take a listen to this audio, it gives a little more perspective to what they say happened in that twominute window leading up to the death of mike brown. The st. Louis postdispatch obtained the audio and video through the states socalled sunshine law. According to the time line of the august 9th encounter between Darren Wilson and michael brown. At 11 53 a. M. , a dispatcher reports a stealing in progress at the ferguson market. Okay, were taking a stealing in progress from 9101 west forest and 9101 west forest. Subject may be leaving the business at this time. Stand by for furt