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How to fight the war on facts

The rise of disinformation didn’t arrive with the age of social media, it’s been decades in the making. Lee McIntyre, research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the origins of disinformation and the playbook it uses, and to offer tips for how ordinary citizens can fight back. His book is “On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy.”