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Town Square is a Seattle Channel series dedicated to connecting people and ideas. With lectures, debates, and forums recorded around the city at places such as Town Hall, the Seattle Public Library, and the Central District Forum of Arts and Ideas, Town Square brings interesting and provocative conversations to cable TV and the web.

Town Square: Fact vs. Fake
Town Square: Fact vs. Fake
9/13/20171:22:11

A Seattle Times LiveWire forum with technology and journalism experts about how to combat misinformation and preserve the integrity of a free, independent and legitimate press.

Introduction:
Michele Matassa Flores, Managing Editor, The Seattle Times

Panel:
Jeanne Bourgault, President & CEO of Internews
Delip Rao, Organizer, Fake News Challenge and Founder, Joostware
Jevin West, Assistant Professor, University of Washington Information School

Moderator:
Sharon Pian Chan, Vice President of Innovation, Product and Development, The Seattle Times

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