Len Apcar, Fake News (2020)
The Press Club
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Speech
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2020-02-24
Duration: 00:44:43
Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | Apcar, Leonard M. | Media literacy | Fake news | Journalism
Contributors:
- Apcar, Len Speaker
Description
A speech by Len Apcar before the Baton Rouge Press Club on February 24, 2020. Apcar holds the Wendell Gray Switzer Jr. Endowed Chair in Media Literacy at the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU. He discusses: the Manship School’s new website on detecting fake news; fake news attacks; Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election; how to spot fake news; and deep fake videos. He also answers questions from the audience.