Disinformation and Deep Fakes

May 16, 2019

Disinformation is a powerful weapon. It forces your enemy to inflict damage upon themselves based upon lies that you've deliberately spread. How did a homeless man's corpse help win World War II? How does reality television function in Russia, given that the media is so tightly controlled? And what happens when fake video gets so good that we can't tell the difference between fiction and reality? 

 

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Power Corrupts is written and narrated by Brian Klaas. The executive producer and sound editor is George McDonagh.