PBS: "Dangerous Global Flood of Misinformation Surrounding COVID-19"

On April 28, the PBS NewsHour ran a segment about the “infodemic” related to the COVID-19 pandemic The jam-packed segment covers everything about the “infodemic” from quack remedies to conspiracy theories about the origins of the virus, and from the psychology at play in “fake news” going viral to, fortunately, the work people are doing to debunk the “fake news.” And of course, there are plenty of synonyms for “fake news” mentioned throughout — misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, hoaxes, falsehoods, wild claims, bogus claims, myths, and more.

The full transcript can be found on the PBS NewsHour site.