281, Guardian journalist Oliver Laughland on the local politics of disinformation in the US

02/09/2025 30 min
281, Guardian journalist Oliver Laughland on the local politics of disinformation in the US

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Episode Synopsis

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Guardian journalist Oliver Laughland who speaks on his frontline reporting on the local politics of disinformation in the US. Oliver particularly speaks about the piece that examines the ways that the Trump family has been profiting off the Trump Presidency. Also we hear about the realities of the mass deportation policies taking place particularly around the dangerous Florida detention camps where thousands of people are being detained, often without access to due legal process.

Read Oliver's reporting here:

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/laughland-oliver

This is a recent report by Oliver:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx99Sg6SnlY&t=699s

This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.

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