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Don’t Blame The Bots For Fake News

We point to big tech and algorithms as the source of disinformation, but the real source of the problem is much more human. BuzzFeed News senior reporter Joseph Bernstein joins host Krys Boyd to talk about why it’s difficult to root out false information and break information silos, and about how the history of targeted ads reaches back well beyond the internet age. His article in Harper’s Magazine is headlined “Bad News.”