October 12, 2023
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The Worst Week (So Far)
The violence that erupted in Israel and Gaza this past weekend has spawned a hurricane of misinformation.
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
Karyn Pugliese
Editor-in-Chief

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So, we’re fact-checking some of the early claims and posts about this war of the words from here in Canada. Plus, having the conversation you can’t have – we continue to explore the topic of empathy, Palestine, and Israel in a double-header episode to give it the attention it deserves.

 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Jess Schmidt (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Emilie Nicolas

 

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