Fake and Bake: What's Going on with Thomson Reuters Foundation and BBC Media Action?

22/11/2017 22 min
Fake and Bake: What's Going on with Thomson Reuters Foundation and BBC Media Action?

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Episode Synopsis

21WIRE's Patrick Henningsen and UK Column's Mike Robinson get to the bottom of these two major stories. Questions here about subversion, 'journalism' training, and creating news stories that put people in harm's way. Diving into the funding and practices of organizations like Thomson Reuters Foundation and BBC Media Action, including an outrageous 2012 story about Iranian-trained 'female ninja assassins.'

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