Summary: <div><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">In this week's program, we hear a speech given in March by Mickey Huff as part of the annual Social Justice Week lecture series <br></span></div><br> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">at Sonoma State University in northern California.</span><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Mickey's topic was "Fake News and the Truth Emergency." In his speech, he took note of <br></span> </div><br> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">the deep historical roots of the idea of 'fake news,' but also warned that new media technologies threaten to make it harder and harder <br></span></div><br> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">to distinguish truth from fabrication. <br></span></div><br> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">As well as hosting the Project Censored Show, Mickey Huff is the director of Project Censored, and a faculty member in the History department <br></span></div><br> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">at Diablo Valley College in Contra Costa County, California. </span></div>
