Disinformation is a Threat to Democracy Says Barbara McQuade

Democracy Paradox

We have to care more about truth than tribe. We have to care more about each other than about profit.

Barbara McQuade
This episode was made in partnership with the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy
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Barbara McQuade is a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School. She is also a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and a co-host of the podcast #SistersInLaw. Her new book Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.
Key Highlights

• Introduction - 0:20
• Propaganda Today - 3:05
• Disinformation and Polarization - 19:57
• Free Speech - 24:29
• Attack from Within - 37:14

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Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuade
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