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Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News by 
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News by 
The Encyclopedia of Misinformation: a Compendium of Imitations, Spoofs, Delusions, Simulations, Counterfeits, Impostors, Illusions, Confabulations, Skullduggery, Frauds, Pseudoscience, Propaganda, Hoaxes, Flimflam, Pranks, Hornswoggle, Conspiracies & Misc by 
Enemy of the People: Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy by 
Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies: How to Find Trustworthy Information in the Digital Age by 
Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era by 
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by 
Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle against Disinformation and What We Can Do about It by 
Sharing Posts: The Spread of Fake News by 
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind by 
Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights: The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It by | Subject Headings: | To narrow your search, add one of these: |
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| Fake news | -- History |
| Information literacy | -- 20th Century |
| Media literacy | -- 21st Century |
| Journalism | -- Economic aspects |
| Online journalism | -- Technological innovation |
| Propaganda | -- United States |
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Bill Moyers Journal: Jon Stewart on Humor and an Informed Public (55:28
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