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Sophia Prince went to a Trump rally back in January 2021. Her interviews revealed a deep mistrust in our mainstream media. In a conversation with her podcast editor Meaghan FitzPatrick, they discuss this mistrust, ways to fix it and the Emerald Trust Project.
Articles discussed in podcast:
Information about Newsmax found here

Evidence that COVID-19 was not started in a lab here, here and here
The human cost of misinformation here
QAnon information here
Gallup poll about mistrust in media here
Study that found people who watch conservative news are more likely to get COVID here
Intro music is “About the Bass” by Crowander, modified under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
Multimedia Desk Co-editor Sophia Prince edited this podcast.