Summary: Manoush and Jen kick off the season with surprising new research from the <a href="https://medium.com/trust-media-and-democracy/seven-ways-misinformation-spread-during-the-2016-election-a45e8c393e14" target="_blank">Knight Foundation</a> into how false information spreads on Twitter and its effect on society. They also have news about <a href="https://civil.co/cvl/" target="_blank">Civil</a>, the blockchain startup for journalism, which is struggling to sell $8m worth of its cryptocurrency. With only days left in the token sale, techie journalist (and former WNYC colleague) <a href="http://johnkeefe.net/" target="_blank">John Keefe </a>joins the duo to share his experience buying CVL tokens and where he thinks the startup went wrong. **GO DEEPER: **The Knight Foundation’s report <a href="https://medium.com/trust-media-and-democracy/seven-ways-misinformation-spread-during-the-2016-election-a45e8c393e14" target="_blank">Disinformation, ‘Fake News,’ and Influence Campaigns on Twitter</a>. Here are the Civil t<a href="https://tokenfoundry.com/projects/civil" target="_blank">oken sale stats</a>. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2018/10/09/forbes-becomes-first-major-media-brand-to-experiment-with-publishing-on-civil-platform/" target="_blank">Forbes </a>announced it will publish on Civil. Coincidentally (no, really) <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2018/10/10/is-blockchain-the-future-of-journalism-two-entrepreneurs-take-a-chance/#6fecb12e769d" target="_blank">Jen and Manoush were profiled </a>in Forbes. John Keefe went through <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/09/how-to-buy-into-journalisms-blockchain-future-in-only-44-steps/" target="_blank">44 steps to buy CVL </a>tokens. The links between <a href="https://knightfoundation.org/topics/trust-media-and-democracy" target="_blank">trust, media, and democracy</a>. Can<a href="https://thetrustproject.org/" target="_blank">The Trust Project </a>standardize a seal of ethical journalism? Who You’ll Hear: Manoush Zomorodi (@manoushz) Jen Poyant (@jpoyant) Matt Hindman (@Matt Hindman) Sam Gill (@thesamgill) Vladimir Barash (@vlad43210) John Keefe @jkeefe ZigZag is the business show about being human. Join a community of listeners riding the twists and turns of late-capitalism, searching for a kinder, more sustainable way. Manoush Zomorodi and Jen Poyant investigate how work and business impact our wellbeing and the planet we live on. On Seasons 4 and 5, hear from rebels and visionaries with radical ideas on how we can build stable lives, careers, and companies. **If you’re also interested in Jen and Manoush’s personal story and their adventures in starting their own business with a little help from blockchain technology, listen to the first three seasons, starting with Season 1, Chapter 1.
