Why Fake News Flourishes: Emitting Mere Information Is Easy, But Creating Actual Knowledge Is Hard Digital media, by contrast, had hardly any paying customers and lured advertisers with fleeting “impressions” and “engagement,” launching a no-holds-barred race to attract eyeballs. Jonathan Rauch 25 Jun 2021 · 9 min read
Podcast #154: Jonathan Rauch on Free Speech and Tackling Misinformation Quillette‘s Toby Young talks to free speech advocate and Brookings Institution Fellow Jonathan Rauch about his new book The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defence of Truth. It’s a follow-up to his celebrated defence of free speech, Kindly Inquisitors. Quillette / Jonathan Rauch 17 Jun 2021 · 1 min read