Episode Details

Trey talks with author Sasha Issenberg about his new book The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age, in which he talks about the left's campaign strategies to combat "disinformation" and "misinformation."

Topics Trey and Sasha Cover Include

- why the left is primarily interested in disinformation

- the campaign strategies of Democrats online

- the focus on engagement in political persuasion

- how overseas democracies have faced similar disinformation strategies

- Brazilian cautions for some leftwing approaches to disinformation

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