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Debating Society: ‘Fake News’

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  • DATE: Tue 27th June 2017
  • TIME: 12:30 am to 2:30 am
  • Member Ticket: £5.00 (GBP)
  • Guest Ticket: £10.00 (GBP)
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EVENT INFORMATION

Fake news, alternative facts…What should we make of them? With Tessa Mayes, journalist, director and author.

What should we do about fake news? When newly elected President Donald Trump pointed a finger directly at a CNN journalist on 11 January 2017 and simply said “You are fake news”, the debate about what is real and what is fake in politics and its news coverage seemed to have reached a new level.

It seems that we are are no longer living at a time when some news organisations or politicians can be trusted for telling the truth and that we live in a culture of confusion as to what a truthful fact or analysis might actually look like. Was Trump trying to dodge legitimate press questions? Can we trust the news at all? Is everybody lying?

About Tessa: A BAFTA award-winning writer and film reporter, director and producer, Tessa specialises in privacy, free speech, freedom, the criminal justice system and politics. Her first documentary feature film THE QUEEN & US (in post-production) is about the monarchy and democracy. As a television reporter, director and associate producer Tessa has worked on documentaries such as (to name all but a few) BBC Panorama or The Investigators (ITV).  She is a guest contributor on BBC 4 Dinner with Portillo, BBC News, CNN, Sky News, More 4 and, BBC Radio 4 Start the Week, The Moral Maze and The Message.

She worked for several years for The Sunday Times, investigating stories for News, Insight and News Review. Tessa’s news reports, investigative features, interviews, blogs and commentary appear in publications including The Times, The Guardian, The Observer, The Telegraph, and The Spectator.

Click here to visit Tessa’s website.

About the IOI: The Institute of Ideas is a think-tank founded by Claire Fox.

Click here to visit the Intitute of Ideas website.

About The Persuaders: Founded by Radiah Ford (née Binns), and Alban James, The Persuaders is the Home House discussion salon. It offers members and their guests the opportunity to informally and directly engage with thought leaders from the worlds of activism, politics and the arts.

Discussions held under the Chatham House Rule.

Cost: £5 members, £10 guests (all monies to our charity, Save the Children UK)

Time/Location: 7.30pm, Etruscan Room

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