Watch booktv this Labor Day Weekend on cspan2 and be sure to watch the all virtual 2020s National Book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. Good afternoon. Im jane harman, the president and ceo, like me you are probably suffering from zoom 50. However, to in here. This is a very important event and im excited. This is one of the zooms im really looking forward to. Because we are celebrating a new book, an important book by our very own nina janke waits who has done stellar work at the Wilson Center disinformation fellow, the coolest title ever. Since last october. Before that she was a scholar with our institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose information war, russia, fake news and the future of congress. Its an amazing title and is essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom in all your friends. We remember russia Successful Campaign in 2016 to so distrust and confusion in years ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information war as nin
Who has done stiller work at the disinformation tell all, coolers title ever and before that she was scholar with institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose the information war, russia fake news and the future of congress is conflict is an amazing title and essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom and all your friends. We remember russias Successful Campaign to sow distrust and confusion ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information as nina would say we need to understand what disinformation is. Ive heard around this topic before and what it is not. The information is use of false or misleading information with malign intent. Thats different from misinformation which can be harmful but lacks malign intent. It also has broader goals and propaganda which involves promotion of a nations view. Nona writes, unlike soviet propaganda which sought to promote specific communist centric world view, the kremlin today divides populations around the world
To reform the countrys electoral system and testers say it simply puts too much power in the hands of the ruling party and pressure is building on britains Prince Andrew to talk to the f. B. I. About his relationship with sex offender Geoffrey Epstein the scandal has forced to step down from his public duties. Im off its good to have you with us the chances of israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu beginning another term in office they are looking slimmer tonight the countrys attorney general has announced that he is pressing forward with corruption charges netanyahu is being indicted for bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases. Prime minister who denies any wrongdoing says that the indictment is quote an attempted coup and hes currently battling to stay in power after septembers parliamentary elections which produced no clear winner and heres what israels attorney general had to say about an hour ago. But. We dont because this is a hot and saturday. Day i informed Pri
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No matter where you call home Aljazeera International bringing the news and Current Affairs that matter to. Aljazeera. A new wave of anger in georgia attests to say the government has broken its promise of democratic reform so could this turn into yet another crisis in this former soviet republic and are outside forces involved this is inside story. Welcome to the program on how he had seen almost 3 decades after georgia gained its independence protesters say free and Fair Elections still on soloed demonstrations broke out in the capital of tbilisi this week after the government failed to keep its promise to reform the electoral system tens of thousands barricaded the gates of parliaments calling for an early election they say they were lied to and the ruling Georgian Dream party is using a broken system to stay in power or open Forrester Walker has more now from tbilisi. Im standing outside georges interior ministry where young opposition activists have gathered this was a well organi