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#MediaRumble: The appeal of fake news
In this session, author and columnist Amit Varma is in conversation with Govindraj Ethiraj, journalist and founder of IndiaSpend and BOOM, social commentator, advertising and marketing professional Santosh Desai, co-founder of AltNews Pratik Sinha, clinical psychiatrist Dr Alok Sarin, and Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande. They discuss the appeal of fake news and why it is more readily accepted than the truth.
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