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Disinformation as the Middle East war heightens
How to spot fake news to help you identify what is real and what is not. Plus, a listener suffers from news fatigue and what has happened to coverage of the war in Ukraine?
As the Middle East information war heightens, we turn the spotlight onto fake news to help you identify what is real and what is not. We have a masterclass from one of the BBC’s disinformation reporters.
Plus a listener reveals how she’s suffering from news fatigue after traumatic events globally, whilst others ask: where has coverage of the war in Ukraine gone?
Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
A Whistledown production for BBC World Service
Last on
Mon 6 Nov 202303:50GMT
BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East
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- Sat 4 Nov 202309:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, Europe and the Middle East & South Asia
- Sun 5 Nov 202305:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa
- Sun 5 Nov 202309:50GMTBBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
- Sun 5 Nov 202316:50GMTBBC World Service News Internet
- Sun 5 Nov 202323:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & BBC Afghan Radio
- Mon 6 Nov 202300:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa
- Mon 6 Nov 202303:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East
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