{"id":2879,"date":"2023-08-20T22:37:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T05:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2023-08-20T22:37:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T05:37:57","slug":"409-lee-mcintyre-on-disinformation-how-to-fight-for-truth-and-protect-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/409-lee-mcintyre-on-disinformation-how-to-fight-for-truth-and-protect-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"409: Lee McIntyre | &#8220;On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lee-McIntyre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2881\" style=\"width:253px;height:352px\" width=\"253\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lee-McIntyre.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lee-McIntyre-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The effort to destroy facts and make America ungovernable didn&#8217;t come out of nowhere. It is the culmination of seventy years of strategic denialism. In&nbsp;<em>On Disinformation<\/em>, Lee McIntyre shows how the war on facts began, and how ordinary citizens can fight back against the scourge of disinformation that is now threatening the very fabric of our society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on his twenty years of experience as a scholar of science denial, McIntyre explains how autocrats wield disinformation to manipulate a populace and deny obvious realities, why the best way to combat disinformation is to disrupt its spread, and most importantly, how we can win the war on truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"409: Lee McIntyre | &quot;On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D8O5vPJYBr4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. He is the author of&nbsp;<em>Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Post-Truth<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience<\/em>, all published by the MIT Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lee-McIntyre-On-Disinformation.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2882\" style=\"width:245px;height:368px\" width=\"245\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lee-McIntyre-On-Disinformation.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lee-McIntyre-On-Disinformation-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4446\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2879-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas409leemcintyre.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas409leemcintyre.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas409leemcintyre.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas409leemcintyre.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=2879-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas409leemcintyre.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tas409leemcintyre.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The effort to destroy facts and make America ungovernable didn&#8217;t come out of nowhere. 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