Fake News, Facts, and Alternative Facts Teach-Out
Q&A With Will Potter / Lesson 1 of 2
(April 2017) Will Potter's Q&A Response
25 minutes
Will Potter, professor of journalism at the University of Michigan, responds to learner questions submitted during the April 2017 Teach-Out.
In Will's response to your questions, he referred to several recent stories, available below:
- US press freedom ranking drops again"
- The Economist: "Attitudes towards the mainstream media take an unconstitutional turn" (August 2, 2017)
- TechCrunch: "Facebook tries fighting fake news with publisher info button on links" (October 5, 2017)
- University of Michigan Wallace House Event Announcement: Trump, Twitter and Fake News: How Journalists Can Build Credibility by Opening Up Their Work - with David Farenthold" (October 26, 2017)
- CNN: "Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin" (October 4, 2017)