Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania.

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Professor of communications at the University of Pennsylvania and author most recently of “Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President

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Does the news really have to be all that bad, or does our addiction to catastrophe drive outlets to deliver what sells? How might today’s media be fixed?

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Does the news really have to be all that bad, or does our addiction to catastrophe drive outlets to deliver what sells? How might today’s media be fixed?

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The first debate of the 2020 presidential campaign was like no other. Forget Lincoln-Douglas, Kennedy-Nixon or Reagan-Carter.

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President Trump has denied Russian interference in the U.S. election. However, carefully gathered evidence shows that Russian hacking and social media made a difference.

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